Adolescent addiction: What parents need?

Choate, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.263

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“…These devastating experiences also produced diminished parent–child relationships often characterized by hypervigilance, mistrust, and limited interaction between mother and the substance user. These findings have also been discussed elsewhere where studies show that the parent–adolescent relationship often suffers as a result of the adolescents’ behaviours (Groenewald & Bhana, ; Hoeck & Van Hal ; Choate ). Jackson et al .…”

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“…Understanding parents’ lived experiences thus encourages healthcare workers to adopt recruitment approaches and interventions that are sensitive to the emotional turmoil that parents feel which often present as anger or confusion. For many parents, healthcare workers are the first formal point of support and information on their adolescents’ behaviour and international studies show that parents do not always feel adequately understood by healthcare workers (Choate ; Jackson & Mannix ).…”

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‘It was riotous behaviour!’: Mothers’ experiences of adolescents’ conduct while abusing drugs

Groenewald

2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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The impact of adolescent substance abuse is widespread and significantly compromises the psychosocial well-being of those closest to the adolescent. This is evidentially so for parents who are required to cope with the adolescent's misconduct. Using an interpretative phenomenological methodology, this article describes mothers' experiences of living with an adolescent who is dependent on drugs. Specifically, the article explores the mothers' accounts of the pernicious behaviours that the adolescents engage(d) in during their drug abuse period. Qualitative 1:1 interviews revealed two common forms of adolescent misconduct that the mothers had to contend with which were 'belligerent attitudes and conducts' and 'pilfering behaviours'. The mothers further reported that the adolescents' behaviours negatively impacted on the mother-adolescent relationship, producing feelings of mistrust and a lack of trust. The findings contribute to the sparse literature on parents' experiences and thus hold implications for research and practice. Understanding the challenges that mothers contend with when adolescents engage in problematic drug use is important for the development of support interventions to help parents cope effectively. Further implications are presented in the article.

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‘It was riotous behaviour!’: Mothers’ experiences of adolescents’ conduct while abusing drugs

Groenewald

2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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“…It is therefore important for interventions to put greater efforts into public education on the effects on stigma and the psychological distress associated with caregivers for young adults with substance addiction. Such efforts must also be directed at health care providers and formal treatment facilities to understand the challenges faced by parents and how best to provide support needed, as previous studies have suggested caregivers’ dissatisfaction with such services as they are most often misunderstood or blamed [14, 27]. …”

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Use of crystal methamphetamine among male adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa: Caregivers' experiences

Asante

Lentoor

2017

Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy

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BackgroundAgainst the background that crystal methamphetamine (colloquially known as “tik”) is extensively used by the emerging working class Coloured youth in Cape Town, South Africa, this exploratory qualitative study was conducted to explore the experience of mothers whose children use methamphetamine.MethodsThe researchers conducted one-to-one semi-structured in-depth interviews with sixteen (16) purposively selected caregivers (mothers) whose sons use methamphetamine. Interviews were recorded and simultaneously translated and transcribed. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes related to the experiences of caregivers of youth with methamphetamine problems.ResultsFindings showed that youth misbehaviour provided a context that led to feelings of shame and embarrassment. Participants also experienced personal challenges which included emotional problems, fear and self-blame. Participants also expressed family disruptions and financial drain as adverse experiences as a results of their sons’ misbehaviour.ConclusionThe study results highlight the psychosocial challenges for caregivers of children who use methamphetamine. These findings underscore the need for effort to be directed at the development of formal support interventions for mothers of youth who are troubled with addiction.

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“…Bovendien kunnen er in het gezin conflicten ontstaan en kunnen ouders het gevoel krijgen dat ze gestigmatiseerd worden (Choate 2011;Jackson en Mannix 2003;Van Reybrouck en Vandeburie 2011).…”

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“…Ook Choate (2011) laat zien dat ouders behoefte hebben aan hulpverlening die zich specifiek op hen richt (Choate 2011). Het lijkt raadzaam om meer aandacht en inzet te investeren vanuit de hulpverlening voor de ondersteuning van ouders in hun zoektocht naar een uitkomst uit de situatie waarin ze zijn terechtgekomen door het drugsgebruik van hun kind.…”

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Rouw bij ouders van drugsgebruikende jongeren

Jordaens

Hal

Fraeyman

2014

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Drugsgebruik door jongeren legt een grote druk op hun ouders en kan voor hen gepaard gaan met het gevoel van verlies van het kind aan drugs. Hoe beleven en ervaren ouders dit verlies? Aan de hand van semigestructureerde vragenlijsten peilden de auteurs de beleving bij tien ouders van drugsgebruikende jongeren. Duidelijk werd dat ouders een gefaseerd rouwproces ervaren dat een langdurig en wederkerend verloop kent. Dit proces wordt in verslavingsonderzoek weinig geëxploreerd en verdient extra aandacht in de drugshulpverlening. De rouwfasen die ouders doorlopen gaan van ongeloof tot ontkenning, hoop, woede en onmacht en monden al dan niet uit in aanvaarding. Mourning in parents of drug abusing children: an explorative qualitative study AbstractWhen their son or daughter is using drugs, parents may suffer from stress and may feel they are losing their child. How do parents experience this feeling of loss? By means of semi-structured interviews, the authors explored the experiences of ten parents. From the results, they conclude that the parents experienced a mourning process with chronic recurrence. This process has been rarely studied in addiction research; it deserves closer attention by substance abuse services. The mourning phases as described here, range from disbelief to denial, hope, anger and impotence and can lead to acceptance. Artikelen

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Adolescent addiction: What parents need?

Cited by 20 publications

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‘It was riotous behaviour!’: Mothers’ experiences of adolescents’ conduct while abusing drugs

‘It was riotous behaviour!’: Mothers’ experiences of adolescents’ conduct while abusing drugs

Use of crystal methamphetamine among male adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa: Caregivers' experiences

Rouw bij ouders van drugsgebruikende jongeren

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