The Case of Mary Doe

Jean E. Markham
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Jean E. Markham: Supervising Psychiatric Social Worker at the Connecticut Commission on Alcoholism

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1958, vol. 315, issue 1, 82-89

Abstract: The case presented illustrates the progressive course of alcoholism in a woman who for a period of eleven years received many community services. These included help from family and welfare agencies, hospitals, courts, psychi atric and child guidance clinics, Alcoholics Anonymous, and religious institutions. The hidden aspect of her alcoholism over a long period of time contributed to her steady deterioration to the point where everyone gave up hope for her. Despite the final diagnosis of irreversible psychosis, this patient, after her alco holism was in the open, made a successful recovery for which everyone now wants credit.

Date: 1958
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DOI: 10.1177/000271625831500111

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