Asperger Syndrome and Alcohol: Drinking to Cope?Asperger Syndrome and Alcohol exposes the unexplored problem of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) using alcohol as a coping mechanism to deal with everyday life. Alcohol can relieve the anxiety of social situations and make those with ASDs feel as though they can fit in. Ultimately, however, reliance on alcohol can lead the user down a path of self-destruction and exacerbate existing problems. |
Contents
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9 | |
15 | |
Chapter 2 Childhood and Adolescence
Where Does It Start? | 35 |
Chapter 3 The Adult Social World
Friendship Relationships
and Other People | 45 |
Chapter 4 Employment Drinking and
the Workplace | 63 |
Chapter 5 Beginning of the End A Failing
Strategy | 75 |
Chapter 6 Drying Out Support
and Rehabilitation | 86 |
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Asperger Syndrome and Alcohol: Drinking to Cope? Matthew Tinsley,Sarah Hendrickx No preview available - 2008 |