Caring for patients in alcohol-dependent: Prejudices and attitudes against alcoholic patients

Davies J.

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Alcoholic patients often uncomfortable caregivers in general and doctors in particular. Trigger behavior among health professionals emotional reactions that directly affect the nature of the therapeutic relationship. These reactions, called against-attitudes, are rooted in the relationships that caregivers have with alcohol in their relationship with their experiences of phenomena of dependence and in how they view their care-giving role. Knowledge of these attitudes against-should enable the caregiver to overcome in order to provide a therapeutic relationship emerged prejudice.
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The motivational model of a hand and knowledge of biological, psychosocial or psychological condition and social experiences of patients in their disease on the other hand, are powerful tools to help understand and therefore more effective in alcoholic patients their desire to rebuild or simply to live their difficulties.Often ignored, even despised by caregivers in general and doctors in particular, alcoholic patients are more than any other patient, not only because of a stigma, but also a malaise that captures therapists and obstacles in their desire to heal, ambition for the less legitimate but sometimes suffers motivations unclear, even unrealistic. (1) The result of this situation is to divide the body of the crudely caregivers into two, namely those for whom the alcoholic patients represent a group save and those who, on the contrary, it is unnecessary to devote their time because their situation is in any way without hope. Between these two attitudes a little grotesque, caregivers often have difficulty in a relationship exist footprint of both realism and humanity

Summary
Introduction
Status of the problem
The nature of the disorder
Attitudes of patients
Attitudes of caregivers
Relational strategies and proposals
Bibliography

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[...] It is often in the questioning of our "fantasy of omnipotence" therapy that we care, develop attitudes of blocking and defending against those patients who relapse and increasing failures in life. Status of the Problem In a Canadian study patients were interviewed in the waiting room of their doctor general. Among these patients considered to have difficulties with alcohol. During the consultation, two of them have made a clear request, eighteen identified the problem and eighteen have not spoken. Thirteen cases were un-interpretable. [...]

[...] Being aware of against-the attitudes and prejudices, to develop, to be able to verbalize, can transform the relationship we have with patients in general and alcohol in particular. The relationship with the sick alcoholic is a complex and rich if you take the time to stop and take time to understand the issues. Alcoholic patients are human beings whose suffering defeat caregivers and leads, if they are not careful, to the non- therapeutic. Accept the eyes of his peers on our therapeutic relationships can help us advance in our knowledge of ourselves and our patients. [...]

[...] Paris: Vigot Caring for patients in alcohol-dependent: Prejudices and attitudes against alcoholic patients Table of Contents I. Summary II. Introduction\ III. Status of the Problem IV. The Nature of the Disorder V. Attitudes of Patients VI. Attitudes of Caregivers VII. Relational Strategies and Proposals VIII. Bibliography Summary Alcoholic patients often uncomfortable caregivers in general and doctors in particular. Trigger behavior among health professionals emotional reactions that directly affect the nature of the therapeutic relationship. These reactions, called against-attitudes, are rooted in the relationships that caregivers have with alcohol in their relationship with their experiences of phenomena of dependence and in how they view their care-giving role. [...]

[...] If you ask doctors why they found that alcoholic patients are difficult, they rely on their statements unreliable, no valid therapeutic solutions and scientifically proven and, finally, attempts to care that resulted in failures. In contrast to these negative attitudes against-, caregivers may feel with a quasi-messianic mission of rescue and alcoholics, in defiance of the most basic distanciation in the therapeutic relationship. In contrast to what we described above, the caregiver can also identify with the point that it will consider the patient as a victim of his surroundings, increasing their sense of powerlessness and irresponsibility in his life. [...]

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