Today in Spain 85% alcoholic patients consulting at the stage of initial or middle of the disease, recover

-Today the play is presented in Madrid live with alcoholism ” a work that fills a gap: format, through questions and answers, and because it is a method of treatment which has an approximate year of duration and applies a holistic approach where group psychotherapy and family therapy plays an important role and determinant.

– in the last 15 years has increased the consumption of alcohol on young people, starting from 13 or 14 years.

-consumers under the age of 18 for distilled beverages (mixed drinks, rum, whisky, Geneva, etc.) have a greater chance of contracting addiction.

-family therapy and group therapy are key to the success of a treatment in alcoholism.

-social drinkers potentially can get to be alcoholics.

-the biggest difficulty of the excessive drinker is to accept that it has a serious problem with alcohol.

Madrid, January of 2012. Today at 19 hrs, at the headquarters of the College of psychologists of Madrid, (c / Cuesta de San Vicente, 4) presents the work live with alcoholism ” of Dr. Eduardo Brik, Director of Institute of training and treatment in couple therapy, family systems therapy, alcoholism and other drug addictions, ITAD.

In the words of Dr. Eduardo Brik, the main objective to publish the book, is that through format questions and answers are can spread the problem of alcoholism in a clear, simple and precise way, the majority of works previously made in Spanish presented an overly technical language, and are particularly aimed at professionals. It was intended to fill a gap in this style of presentation ”.

This new work published by Editorial Médica Panamericana raises a methodology which consists of applying a personalised treatment and specific in each case according to individual requirements, family and social in every situation. have an approximate year and applies a holistic approach where group psychotherapy and family therapy plays an important role and determinant.

It’s a systemic holistic alternative therapy constructivist method, including different variables biological, hereditary, family, individual, cultural, social and political problem. Emphasis in family, group psychotherapy and network in which significant environment of the patient at the relational level is included in the treatment.

One of the great successes of the work is that with a simple language, through questions and answers, and with illustrations in the form of vignettes, it is accessible to a large audience: own alcoholic patients, those who abuse alcohol or have excessive consumption, family members who also suffer from the diseaseto professionals in health and Social work and education and the public in general who are interested by the subject.

Tomorrow, in the presentation of the work, will be the President of Editorial Médica Panamericana, Hugo Brik; Dr. Félix Rodríguez Rego, Coordinator of the medical section of the official Association of psychologists of Madrid; Dr. Antonio sailing well, specialist in Psychiatry, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, and Professor of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid; Dr. Eduardo Brik Galicer, author of the book and medical therapist, family therapist and teacher supervisor. He is director of the ITAD, director of the Master in systemic family therapy of the ITAD and President of the Spanish Association of migrant studies and Transcultural psychotherapy. He has been a founding partner and President of the Madrid Association of couple therapy, family and other human systems.

Questions to Dr. Eduardo Brik:

– do HA changed the consumption of ALCOHOL ENTRE LOS SPANIARDS in the latter times?

In the last 15 years alcohol consumption has increased in young people by starting from 13 or 14 years. The consumption of distilled beverages (mixed drinks, rum, whisky, Geneva, etc.) has grown before the age of 18 which leads to further deterioration sooner and more chances of getting addiction. The botellón despite legal measures taken against him has been incorporated not only for youth but for older parents who do not seriously question their children to practise it. Increased alcohol consumption in women and therefore the alcoholism in the feminine gender.

– do is alcoholism an addiction?

It is given that it affects brain neurotransmission producing alterations in all intellectual and cognitive functions in humans: attention, judgment, memory, reasoning, and neurophysiological areas: appetite, sex, sleep, impulsivity, and others.

Like any addiction leads to tolerance, i.e., need to increase the initial quantities to satisfy what earlier met with less, to such an extent that reaches extreme limits that depend on the neurophysiology of each person.

The other feature is the unit which means that, in one way or another, is he cannot do without their consumption if only weekend, for the physical and psychological effects that produces the interruption of consumption; There is concern about the purchase and consumption of alcohol, irresistible desire to drink, and difficulty to abandon consumption.

– What means have ALCOHOL problems?

When symptoms certain organic as fatigue, overweight, anemia, high blood pressure, sleep disorders, sexual problems and others. Psychological problems as symptoms of depression, anxiety, amnesia, ideas also suicide, dementia, etc. Some symptoms family and couple that are observed are fights, arguments and tension and decreased performance, possible sick leave, conflictual relationship with peers or even dismissal exist in work or studies. You can also occur more or less serious accidents and falls.

-when there is A consumption of risk in ALCOHOL?

In men when consumed more than 40 g of alcohol per day (equivalent to more than 4 beers, 4 glasses of wine, 4 daily carajillo, or more than 2 cups of distilled beverages) or more than 120 g of alcohol per week.

In women the limits for the use of risk halved lsa amounts indicated for men.

– How do we recognize that you A person is alcoholic?

He is a person who frequently drinks alcohol in excessive quantities without that nobody and nothing can stop it. Search situations and meetings in which knows that there will be alcohol and it is almost impossible to change their consumption habits. It can be to get drunk often, baby either progressive or considerable as a way of escape to family problems, depression, anxiety, own illness or a family member or by labor problems.

Realizes the need of consumption, alcohol dependence, their need or increase in the quantities consumed and the presence of withdrawal symptoms when it has not drunk for a while or has considerably reduced the amount. Consumption brings problems in various areas of personal, physical and psychological discomfort during or after drinking, problems of self-care, work performance, with the couple, with friends or can have traffic accidents or legal problems by consumption.

Baby with avidity or restlessness, begins to abandon certain roles family or couple and begins to also leave significant ethical or moral values for him or for the family. Any member of the immediate surroundings that she wants to has told that it is consumed in excess and so can no longer.