Training the physician in alcoholism therapy

Coping-skills training and cue-exposure therapy in the treatment of alcoholism.

Coping-skills training (CST) and cue-exposure treatment (CET) are two relatively new approaches in alcoholism treatment. With CST, the therapist tries to strengthen the patient's skills in coping with situations associated with a high risk of drinking. These skills can be specific to certain high-risk situations or involve general social skills. Specific CST treatment approaches include relapse...

Bright lights in dark places: physician recognition of alcoholism.

Training the next physician scientists.

In this issue of IOVS, Ambati and Cahoon 1 provide thoughtful suggestions for increasing the number and success of medical doctors (MDs) who run active research programs. My own observations over the past 2 decades concur with those of Ambati and Cahoon: our current Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) has failed to provide sufficient numbers of physician/scientists to assure that importan...

Alcoholism – the Worst Addiction

Introduction: The most common substance of abuse/dependence in patients presenting for treatment in western countries is alcohol. Ethyl alcohol or ethanol which is also called medicinal alcohol is used as an official drug compendium. It is also administered as an antidote in methanol poisoning. However, regular consumption of high amounts of alcoholic drinks induces dependence and addiction lea...

Differential methods of family therapy in the treatment of alcoholism.