Substance Abuse Treatment - A Family Systems Perspective

This pioneering volume takes a family systems perspective to aid understanding, treating and preventing substance abuse. It explores a myriad of variables and each chapter includes a case study or vignette to highlight relevant individual and family life-cycle issues.

Topics discussed include treating substance abuse across the life span, multicultural approaches and co-dependency. This challenging volume makes a major contribution to the substance abuse and family therapy fields.

List of contents

Foreword - Man Keung Ho
Substance Abuse Treatment - Edith M Freeman
Continuum of Care in Services to Families
PART ONE: SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
A Cross-Cultural Treatment Approach for Families With Young Children - Ruth G McRoy, Marian A Aguilar and Clayton T Shorkey
Developing Alternative Family Structures for Runaway, Drug-Addicted Adolescents - Edith M Freeman
A Culturally Specific Approach to Ethnic Minority Young Adults - Jacob U Gordon
Alcohol Addiction and Codependency - Clayton T Shorkey and Willa Rosen
Treatment for Dually Diagnosed Clients - Marsha Read, Elizabeth C Penick and Elizabeth J Nickel
The Impact of Substance Abuse and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Robert Fahnestock
Alcohol Addiction and Sexual Dysfunctioning - Stephanie Covington
Self-Medication and the Elderly - Brenda Crawley
PART TWO: RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FROM A FAMILY SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE
Single System Research in Family-Focused Alcohol Treatment - Edith M Freeman
Evaluating Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Programs - Michael S Cunningham
Epilogue - Edith M Freeman
The Family System Recovery Process: What Is Lasting Change?

Product details

• Authors: Edith M. Freeman, Ho Man Keung
• Assisted by: Edith M Freeman (Editor), Edith M. Freeman (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.1993
• EAN: 9780803948907
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-4890-7
• No. of pages: 331
• Series: Sage Sourcebooks for the Human; Sage Sourcebooks for the Human; SAGE Sourcebooks for the Human Services
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology