A husband finds his wife is drinking too much. She often apologizes and indicates she’d like to get help, though she refuses to call and make an appointment. Eventually he calls for her, and sets up an appointment with you. In exploring her drinking, you learn that he does most of the shopping for groceries, and for the alcoholic beverages brought into the home. He reveals that he purchases the alcohol to keep peace, and because he knows she would suffer with symptoms of delirium tremens if she was left without any access to alcohol. Worried for the children, he would at times call into work claiming to be sick when he knew she was having a particularly bad drinking binge. His behavior is BEST described as:

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The Association of Social Work Boards Masters Exam, formerly known as the ASWB Intermediate exam, is a licensure examination designed by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB). The ASWB exams measure skills and knowledge in social work-specific content areas, such as human development and behavior, social and economic justice, and intervention processes.  Each ASWB exam consists of 170 multiple choice questions, including 150 scored questions and 20 questions used for data collection regarding the effectiveness of the exam. The 10 sections of the ASWB Masters Exam include: Human... Show more

A husband finds his wife is drinking too much. She often apologizes and indicates she’d like to get help, though she refuses to call and make an appointment. Eventually he calls for her, and sets up an appointment with you. In exploring her drinking, you learn that he does most of the shopping for groceries, and for the alcoholic beverages brought into the home. He reveals that he purchases the alcohol to keep peace, and because he knows she would suffer with symptoms of delirium tremens if she was left without any access to alcohol. Worried for the children, he would at times call into work claiming to be sick when he knew she was having a particularly bad drinking binge. His behavior is BEST described as: