The Drug Problem: Treating Preaddictive Adolescents

Caroff, Phyllis; Lieberman, Florence; Gottesfeld, Mary L.

doi:10.1177/104438947005100901

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“…Car‐off et al . (16, 52), in working privately with intact families with a drug‐abusing adolescent, felt that active involvement of parents (see together as a couple) was necessary for reduction of drug‐taking.…”

Section: Approaches To Treatment: Technique and Outcomementioning

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Family Treatment Approaches to Drug Abuse Problems: A Review

Stanton

1979

Family Process

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This review covers the literature that has emerged specifically on the family treatment of drug abuse problems. Following a brief discussion of patterns and structures prevalent in drug-abusing families, 68 different studies or programs (discussed in 74 papers) are compared as to their techniques and results. These are categorized within the following modalities: marital treatment, group treatment for parents, concurrent parent and identified patient treatment, treatment with individual families (both inpatient and outpatient), sibling-oriented treatment, multiple family therapy, and social network therapy. A table presents the various studies, along with the types of results they provide. Outcomes are contrasted for the 14 studies that quantified their results. The final section presents implications for the following areas: treatment activities (clarification of technique, family recruitment, direction and effectiveness of treatment, confidentiality, and treatment delivery systems), training, prevention, and future research (outcome, technique and responsibility). It is concluded that family treatment for drug abuse is gaining widespread acceptance and shows considerable promise for dealing effectively with problems of this type.

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