Risk and Resilience: Adults Who Were the Children of Problem Drinkers

by Richar Velleman, Velleman Richar, Jim Orford

Risk and Resilience looks at the issue of young adults who grew up in families where a parent, and sometimes both, had a drinking problem. Alcohol-related problems are now recognized as being near the very top of the world league table of health and social problems. Since the large majority of problem drinkers are adults aged between 22 and 55, many are parents with children or adolescents in their care. In the USA alone, there are estimated to be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9058231968
• ISBN13: 9789058231963
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"