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Problematic alcohol use: A relational illness

Published:2024-01-03 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0163-4445
Container-title:Journal of Family Therapy
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Family Therapy

Author:

Carlisle Roxana¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Wrexham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Wrexham Child Health Centre Wrexham Wales

Abstract

AbstractProblematic alcohol use (PAU) has been a marginalised subject within the systemic field. The present article brings PAU into focus and discusses the conceptualisation of PAU. Reflected in the dominance of individually orientated treatment approaches, PAU is widely seen as an individual condition with aetiology and maintenance attributed to individual pathology and behaviour. Pathologising and stigmatising dominant discourses surrounding PAU also appear to perpetuate this individual conceptualisation, the implications of which are discussed in this article. The present article maintains PAU is a relational illness, with relational aetiology and maintenance, thus with relational implications for treatment. Implications for the systemic field, including clinical practice, are highlighted.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Clinical Psychology,Social Psychology

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-6427.12445

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