Training for Professionals and Nonprofessionals in Alcoholism

Abstract

All professional workers in the field of mental health are thoroughly taught about the classical types of psychosis and neurosis. Other general health workers in the course of their schooling are also familiarized with these problems. Few people complete medical, social work, psychology, nursing, and similar degrees without learning about schizophrenia, depression, phobias, and the like. Clinical experience is provided on these problems and doctoral dissertations on them have been produced in the thousands. In contrast, training and education on the problem of alcoholism has been sketchy at best and in most cases nonexistent, despite the fact that its prevalence in the United States and throughout the world is extensive.