Substance Abuse Issues Among Families in Diverse Populations

This informative volume highlights ways in which substance abuse problems are experienced and addressed by families in diverse populations at the societal, familial, and individual levels. Its scope is broad, providing you with information about the experiences and, in some cases, healing of diverse groups of people in the United States. These include African-American and Latino families, Hawaiian elders, Asian/Pacific Islanders of various sexual persuasions, Al-Anon members, and welfare recipients.

List of contents

Contents

• Introduction
• Conditional Welfare: A Family Social Work Perspective on Mandatory Drug Testing
• Kinship Care: A Cultural Resource of African American and Latino Families Coping with Parental Substance Abuse
• The Role of Hawaiian Elders in Substance Abuse Treatment Among Asian/Pacific Islander Women
• Perceptions of Parental Support by HIV Positive Asian and Pacific Islander American Gay Sons
• Perspectives on Family Substance Abuse: The Voices of Long-Term Al-Anon Members
• Effects of Family Involvement on Length of Stay and Treatment Completion Rates with Cocaine and Alcohol Abusers
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the author

Jorge Delva

Product details

• Authors: Jorge Delva, Delva Jorge
• Assisted by: Jorge Delva (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2000
• EAN: 9780789011947
• ISBN: 978-0-7890-1194-7
• No. of pages: 108
• Weight: 362 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects