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Adaptive and reactive distancing among adolescents from alcoholic families.
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Adaptive and reactive distancing among adolescents from alcoholic families.

Author: R Berlin; RB Davis; A Orenstein
Edition/Format: Article Article : English
Publication:Adolescence, 1988 Fall; 23(91): 577-84
Database:From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Based on work with adolescents at a mental health center and an alcohol education program, some of the difficulties children of alcoholics experience in separating from their homes are considered. These difficulties are described in terms of organizing fantasies in which adolescents use relationships outside of their homes to work through unresolved feelings about their families.
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Document Type: Article
All Authors / Contributors: R Berlin; RB Davis; A Orenstein
ISSN:0001-8449
OCLC Number: 115304507
Language Note: English
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Based on work with adolescents at a mental health center and an alcohol education program, some of the difficulties children of alcoholics experience in separating from their homes are considered. These difficulties are described in terms of organizing fantasies in which adolescents use relationships outside of their homes to work through unresolved feelings about their families.

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