Siebert Darcy Clay
School of Social Work, Florida State University, University Center C2509, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2570, USA.
Health Soc Work. 2003 May;28(2):89-97. doi: 10.1093/hsw/28.2.89.
The author investigated AOD use among social workers, examined its potential negative professional consequences and explored the denial that may facilitate AOD abuse. Results are reported from an anonymous survey of 751 NASW members in North Carolina. Twelve percent of the sample were at serious risk of AOD abuse, 28 percent reported binge drinking during the preceding year, and 21 percent had used drugs illegally since becoming a social worker. In addition, 34 percent of respondents at serious risk of AOD abuse reported at least one impairment incident, and 39 percent agreed that they had worked when too distressed to be effective. Only 9 percent of those at serious risk reported current problems with alcohol or other drugs; 28 percent of them reported being in recovery, notwithstanding their current drinking and using. Research and practice implications for social workers, supervisors, and the profession are presented.
作者调查了社会工作者中的药物和酒精使用情况，研究了其潜在的负面职业后果，并探讨了可能助长药物和酒精滥用的否认态度。报告的结果来自对北卡罗来纳州751名全国社会工作者协会成员的匿名调查。12%的样本存在药物和酒精滥用的严重风险，28%的人报告在前一年有过酗酒行为，21%的人自成为社会工作者以来曾非法使用过药物。此外，存在药物和酒精滥用严重风险的受访者中有34%报告至少有一次工作能力受损事件，39%的人承认他们在极度痛苦以至于无法有效工作时仍继续工作。存在严重风险的人中只有9%报告目前存在酒精或其他药物问题；尽管他们目前仍在饮酒和使用药物，但其中28%的人报告正在康复。文中还提出了对社会工作者、督导以及该行业的研究和实践启示。
