Family intervention for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addiction: an exploratory study

Psychosocial interventions for addiction-affected families in Low and Middle Income Countries: A systematic review

“…Eight papers were rejected as they did not describe the delivery of any specific intervention or the intervention was targeted at the relative with the addiction and not the AFM. Four papers met eligibility for our review (Table 3) (Tiburcio & Natera, 2003;de los Angeles Cruz-Almanza et al, 2006;Baharudin et al, 2014;Li et al, 2014).…”

“…Identified studies were one each from Malaysia (Baharudin et al, 2014), and Vietnam (Li et al, 2014); and two from Mexico (Tiburcio & Natera, 2003;de los Angeles Cruz-Almanza et al, 2006). One was a cross-sectional study (Baharudin et al, 2014), one a pilot cluster randomised control trial (RCT) (Li et al, 2014), and two were treatment cohorts (Tiburcio & Natera, 2003;de los Angeles Cruz-Almanza et al, 2006). In the cluster RCT, two centres received the intervention and the other two received standard care.…”

“…The interventions were family psycho-educational (FPE) (Baharudin et al, 2014), 'Intervention V' (Li et al, 2014), Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) based coping enhancement (de los Angeles Cruz-Almanza et al, 2006), and 5-Step Method 1…”

“…In the 5-Step intervention, coping was reported to have changed to a more "engaged and supporting style compared to the engaging but insisting and arguing style" after the intervention; and the proportion of coping responses reported by all of the participants changed over time so that there was more withdrawal coping and less tolerant or engaged coping, which was identified as healthy (Tiburcio & Natera, 2003). Participants in the FPE model reported to have discovered new ways of looking at their situation and themselves and ways to deal with their problems (Baharudin et al, 2014).…”

“…After the FPE intervention families "seemed to know what they needed and wanted and what would be helpful to them" (Baharudin et al, 2014). The REBT intervention reported improved self esteem and assertiveness which persisted several months after the intervention, which was not seen in those who did not receive the intervention (de los Angeles Cruz-Almanza et al, 2006).…”