Who are they? Identifying and treating adult children of alcoholics.
1. Adult children of alcoholics are frequently found within the population of clients on inpatient psychiatric units. The percentage of this population is greater than the occurrence of ACoAs in the general population. 2. Nursing staff can assist these clients in a therapeutic way by becoming familiar with the types of issues these clients present and the behaviors they manifest. These issues should be reflected in treatment planning. 3. Anger, abuse, guilt, and grief form the core issues that ACoAs must deal with in therapeutic ways during psychiatric hospitalization.
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism; D000786:Anger; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D006117:Grief; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011577:Psychodrama; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group