Table of Contents

Contents Introduction

• How and Why Alcoholics Anonymous Works for Blacks
• Spirituality: A Tool in the Assessment and Treatment of Black Alcoholics and Their Families
• Misdiagnosis of Alcohol-Related Organic Brain Syndromes: Implications for Treatment
• In-Patient Rehabilitation for the Black Alcoholic
• Designing Employee Assistance Programs to Meet the Needs of Black Clients
• Treatment Needs of Black Alcoholic Women
• Black and White Alcohol Users in an Emergency Room Setting: Implications for Treatment
• The Black “Skid Row” Alcoholic: Initiation of Treatment in the Emergency Room
• State of the Art on the Multiply Addicted--Treatment Models for Blacks
• Treating the Multiply Addicted Black Alcoholic
• Using Contemporary Fiction With Black Children and Adolescents in Alcoholism Treatment
• A Self-Help Model for Working With Black Women of Alcoholic Parents
• Annotated Bibliography
• New Clinical Ideas
• The Rational Alcoholic Relapse-Prevention Treatment Method: A New Self-Help Alcoholism Treatment Method
• Afterthoughts and Recommendations