A series of six programmes about mental health and mental illness
' To cure sometimes,
To relieve often.
To comfort always.'
-Edward L. Trudeau
3-One too many
Alcoholism is an acute problem to million people in Great Britain : 350,000 alcoholics and their near relatives. For the alcoholic one drink is too many and a thousand not enough.
Is alcoholism an illness in itself, or the symptom of an underlying illness? Modern methods of treatment are discussed in this programme.
Narrator. James McKechnie
Script by J. S. Campbell
Letters from listeners about this broadcast will be submitted to a panel of specialists for reply at the microphone on Tuesday, June 4. Please send enquiries to: ' Mental Health,' Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow, W.2.