A Family like Yours: Breaking the Pattern of Drug Abuse

Sorenson, James L.; Bernal, Guillermo

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“…Future research should focus on the mediators for change by examining the relationships among depressive cognitions, symptoms, high-risk behaviors, and drug use. Moreover, an intervention for Spanish-speaking IDUs that explores the environmental triggers for drug use, such as economic deprivation, social isolation, and emotional rejection, within a cultural context and involves family members may increase efficacy (Sorensen & Bernal, 1987). The ideal intensity, frequency, and duration of brief interventions also need further study.…”

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Depression and HIV disease in injection drug users: A Spanish language feasibility study.

González

Muñoz²,

Pérez-Arce³

et al. 1993

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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A mood management intervention was developed and a pilot test performed to assess its feasibility and effect on mood, drug use, and high-risk behaviors related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Spanish-speaking injection drug users. Ss were 35 Latino patients at a San Francisco methadone maintenance clinic, 11 of whom agreed to participate. From pretest and posttest interview data, difference scores were computed and analyzed between the participating and nonparticipating comparison groups. The study demonstrated the feasibility of short-term cognitive-behavioral interventions with this Spanish-speaking sample. The results suggested that the intervention moderated the depressive symptoms of the participants, including the HIV-positive patients. No significant changes were found in drug use and HIV-related high-risk behaviors.The Latino population in the United States is rapidly growing. Nine percent of the U.S. population is Latino, most under the age of 25 years (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1991). However, Latinos are at a relatively greater risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, constituting 16% of all reported acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases, and Latinas compose 20% of the total cases of AIDS in women. HIV infection is increasingly dispersed in Latinos by injection drug users (IDUs). According to the Centers for Disease Control (1991), more than 25% of heterosexual IDUs with AIDS are Latino. HIV infection transmission routes for male Latinos include heterosexual intravenous (IV) drug use (39%), homosexual-bisexual contact alone (11%), and homosexual-bisexual contact and IV drug use (7%). Fifty percent of

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Depression and HIV disease in injection drug users: A Spanish language feasibility study.

González

Muñoz²,

Pérez-Arce³

et al. 1993

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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“…A community AIDS prevention campaign should request the active involvement of the community in helping to alert those at greatest risk. The majority of IVDUs live with at least one other family member (Cervantes et al 1987), and some authors have called for a much more active involvement of the family in treatment (Sorensen and Bernal 1987). Marin and colleagues (manuscript under review) are currently attempting to identify which AIDS prevention behaviors Hispanic family members or friends would be willing to talk about with someone at risk and how they could broach the subject.…”

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“…Culturally appropriate methods for recruiting and treating non-Puerto Rican Hispanic drug addicts must be developed and evaluated. Work with Hispanic families in this area might build on Sorensen and Bernal (1987) and Szapocznik et al (1988).…”

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AIDS and Intravenous Drug Use: Future Directions for Community-Based Prevention Research

Wolfenden¹,

Fb²

1990

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

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NIDA Research Monographs are prepared by the research divisions of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and published by its Office of Science. The primary objective of the series IS to provide critical reviews of research problem areas and techniques, the content of state-of-the-art conferences, and integrative research reviews. Its dual publication emphasis iS rapid and targeted dissemination to the scientific and professional community. xii

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“…While a number of authors (17, 26, 30) have written extensively about intergenerational family conflicts and the multigenerational legacy of chemical dependency, few have developed treatments based on intergenerational family processes (4, 28). In fact, many theories and treatments for drug abuse ignore family history and intergenerational dynamics altogether.…”

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“…Furthermore, as noted by a number of authors (15, 17, 27, 28, 30), when the cost of individuation in one's family of origin is too great, substance abuse may provide a false sense of independence to the degree that it contradicts parental demands. On the one hand, while the abuse of a substance may provide a temporary sense of freedom and ecstasy, on the other hand, the dysfunctional behavior places addicts in a position of dependency.…”

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Contextual Therapy: Brief Treatment of an Addict and Spouse

Bernal

Rodriguez²,

Diamond

1990

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The clinical and theoretical applications of contextual therapy for the treatment of drug abuse are presented. A case study illustrates intervention strategies, the therapy process, and a contextual-intergenerational view of drug addiction. Contextual concepts of intergenerational processes, loyalty, fairness, accountability, and trust are defined and applied. Four stages of brief contextual therapy are presented, and the process is examined using examples from transcribed transactions of the therapy sessions. It is suggested that contextual therapy offers conceptual and methodological tools for working with complex situations often involved in drug abuse cases.

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A Family like Yours: Breaking the Pattern of Drug Abuse

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Depression and HIV disease in injection drug users: A Spanish language feasibility study.

Depression and HIV disease in injection drug users: A Spanish language feasibility study.

AIDS and Intravenous Drug Use: Future Directions for Community-Based Prevention Research

Contextual Therapy: Brief Treatment of an Addict and Spouse

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