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Family Systems Theory
Drug Abuse Prevention Through Family Intervention
- By N.I. D.A.
- Published 01/10/2007
- Family Systems Theory
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Prevention researchers often rely on a systems perspective to aid in understanding the influences of multiple contexts on human behavior.
Behavioral Couples Therapy for Substance Abuse
- By N.I. D.A.
- Published 01/9/2007
- Family Systems Theory
- Unrated
Behavioral couples therapy (BCT), a treatment approach for married or cohabiting drug abusers and their partners, attempts to reduce substance abuse through restructuring dysfunctional couple interactions.
Brief Family Therapy
- By SAM HSA
- Published 04/3/2006
- Family Systems Theory
- Unrated
For many individuals with substance abuse disorders, interactions with the family of origin, as well as the current family, set the patterns and dynamics for their problems with substances.
A Family Theory of Drug Abuse
- By M. Duncan Stanton
- Published 03/2/2006
- Family Systems Theory
- Unrated
It is proposed that drug addiction be thought of as part of a cyclical process involving three or more individuals, commonly the addict and two parents, forming an intimate, interdependent, interpersonal system.
Family Involvement in Addiction
- By N.I. D.A.
- Published 02/3/2006
- Family Systems Theory
- Unrated
Cocaine addiction contributes to a variety of family difficulties, affecting the family system as well as individual members.
Substance Abuse and Partner Violence
- By Cheryl Kennedy
- Published 01/5/2006
- Family Systems Theory
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As counselors in substance abuse treatment programs begin using evidence-based marital and family-based interventions with their clients, they frequently encounter one of the most emotionally charged public health issues of our time: intimate partner violence.
No One Left Unharmed
- By Dennis Daley
- Published 01/5/2006
- Dual Diagnosis , Family Systems Theory
- Unrated
When a person has a co-occurring condition, they are affected — physically, psychologically, socially, economically, and spiritually — by both an emotional or psychiatric illness and chemical dependency.
Fire In the Family
- By William White
- Published 01/4/2006
- Family Systems Theory
- Unrated
A few key lessons about the impact of addiction on families and family members and about lay and professional responses to families affected by addiction.
Discovering Life After Blame
- By Tian Dayton
- Published 01/4/2006
- Family Systems Theory
- Unrated
Broad swings, from one end of the emotional, psychological, and behavioral spectrum to the other, all too often characterize the addicted family system. But why does this happen?
Family Therapy & addiction problems
- By N.I. D.A.
- Published 01/18/2005
- Family Systems Theory
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Substance abuse disorders do not develop in isolation. For many individuals, interactions with their family of origin and current family set the patterns and dynamics for their problems with substances.
