Open AccessLiving with an alcoholic partner: Problems faced and coping strategies used by wives of alcoholic clients
Author(s) -
Nitasha Sharma,
Sunita Sharma,
Sandhya Ghai,
Debashish Basu,
Deepika Kumari,
Dharamveer Singh,
Gagandeep Kaur
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.196053
Subject(s) - psychology , coping (psychology) , alcoholic cardiomyopathy , chronic alcoholic , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , heart failure , cardiomyopathy
Alcoholism is considered as a major health as well as a social problem. Often the family members of alcoholics suffer intense psychological, physical and social trauma due to the core drinking problem of the family member. Most deeply affected are the wives of alcoholics.
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