Alcohol abuse—an interactional approach |
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| Authors: | Luigi Onnis |
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| Affiliation: | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of Rome (Italy) and member of the Faculty and Executive Council of the 'Centro Studi di Tera-pia Familiare e Relazionale', Via Falloppio 2, Rome, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | In this article, the author points out the usefulness of applying an interactional approach to the treatment of alcoholic abuse. First, the relational significance of the symptom is discussed and an analysis is made of the principal communication patterns existing between the partners of the couple.
The essential contents of the therapeutic strategy are then described, as well as the homeostatic reactions of the system: two types of intervention were applied, paradoxical and structural, which were aimed at eliminating the symptom and gradually changing the couple's relationship. |
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