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Fragmented Intimacy

Addiction in a Social World

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Authors:
  1. Peter J. Adams

    1. School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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  • Presents a social complement to the mainstream “particle” or individualized approaches developed in most other books on addiction

  • Integrates recent advances in theory on community capacity building, resilience, and social ecology

  • Has a practical focus, with early content leading to the practical applications in Part IV

  • Is written in an accessible and engaging style, with numerous vignettes, “key points,” and illustrations to highlight the relevance of content to everyday experience

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Theory

    1. Addiction in Perspective

      Pages 3-17

    2. A Social World

      Pages 18-35

    3. Addiction and Connecting

      Pages 36-50

    4. Responding to Addiction

      Pages 51-68

  3. Processes

    1. Becoming Intimate

      Pages 71-85

    2. Intimacies in Addictive Contexts

      Pages 86-104

    3. Intimacy and Power

      Pages 105-121

  4. Families and Communities

    1. Fragmented Lives

      Pages 125-148

    2. Collective Opportunities

      Pages 149-170

    3. Reintegration

      Pages 171-193

  5. Applications

    1. Family Resources

      Pages 197-219

    2. Mobilizing Communities

      Pages 220-242

    3. Applications to Practice

      Pages 243-269

    4. Looking Ahead

      Pages 270-280

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 281-339
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About this book

I recall during my early years as a clinical psychologist being asked by hospital staff to speak with a 32-year-old man addicted to alcohol who was being discharged following treatment for pancreatitis. This had been his third admission for the same illness, and hospital practitioners were exasperated by his choice to continue dri- ing despite being repeatedly told it would cause irreparable damage to his pancreas from which he would be unlikely to survive. I met him in a side-room on the ward. He sat in his pyjamas in the corner of the room, thin and ashen looking, with a worried frown fixed across his face. Our conversation was initially stilted and I was trying hard not to replicate the lectures and sermons he was likely to have already received from hospital staff. As we talked I was able to piece together bits of inf- mation about his current circumstances: he lived alone, he was unemployed, and his only family contact was with a brother who visited to check on him occasionally. He started to relax into the conversation and then talked about his long struggles with alcohol: his drinking had begun in his early teens; it had provided him with con- dence and friendships; he had had some serious motor vehicle accidents; he had tried to stop drinking but soon continued; he had lost friends, jobs, and family re- tionships; and in response he had increasingly sought intoxication as a refuge.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"Adams (population health, U. of Auckland) uses a social-ecological approach to address the needs of the addicted and those around them. He closely examines the ways addiction disrupts intimacy, leading to cycles of loss and isolation, and the means by which the addicted and those around them can re-engage. … He provides a significant amount of material about applying these concepts directly to practice at the family and community level." (www.booknews.com, April, 2008)

"Adams provides a refreshing, needed analysis that complements new scientific discoveries; he goes beyond biological and neuropsychological explanations to explore the reciprocal influences of social context and addiction. … Adams’s coverage is novel, and the book is more comprehensive than previous works have been. He offers a solid theory and integrates empirical support throughout his discussion. … this volume can serve as a library resource, a textbook, or a clinical manual. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers, all levels." (M. Bonner, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (10), June, 2008)

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Peter J. Adams

About the author

Peter Adams has a practice background in clinical psychology and an academic background in critical social theory. He is currently Director of Social and Community Health at the School of Population Health, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand. He has developed and taught in postgraduate programs on addictions for the past ten years. Ideas for the book evolved from his 25-year involvement in research, teaching, and clinical intervention involving different aspects of addiction.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fragmented Intimacy

  • Book Subtitle: Addiction in a Social World

  • Authors: Peter J. Adams

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72661-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-72660-1Published: 06 December 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2486-5Published: 29 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-72661-8Published: 20 December 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 340

  • Topics: Health Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Public Health

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