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Revisiting the Alcoholic Family

Revisiting the Alcoholic Family

The concept of looking at family members in the etiology and maintenance of psychoactive substance use disorders dates back to the early 1930s, when social workers in state hospitals reported the results of interviews and observations of wives of alcoholics (Lewis, 1937). Lewis (1937) noted that the wives presented with their own symptoms, such as […]

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