Family treatment of alcohol and drug abuse.

Abstract

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Evidence‐based practice in family therapy and systemic consultation

“…Family systems theories of drug abuse implicate family disorganization in the etiology and maintenance of seriously problematic adolescent drug-taking behaviour and there is considerable empirical support for this view (Hawkins et al, 1992;Stanton and Heath, 1995;. Family-based interventions aim to reduce drug abuse by engaging families in treatment and helping family members reduce family disorganization and change patterns of family functioning in which the drug abuse is embedded.…”

“…Once families engage in therapy, effective treatment programmes for adolescent drug abuse involve Evidence-based practice I 41 the following processes which, while overlapping, may be conceptualized as stages of therapy: problem definition and contracting; becoming drug free; facing denial and creating a context for a drug-free lifestyle; family reorganization; disengagement and planning for relapse prevention (Stanton and Heath, 1995). The style of therapy that has been shown to be effective with adolescent drug abusers and their families has evolved from the structural and strategic family therapy traditions (Haley, 1980;Minuchin, 1974).…”

What Works with Children and Adolescents?

“…Family systems theories of drug abuse implicate family disorganization in the etiology and maintenance of seriously problematic adolescent drug taking behaviour and there is considerable empirical support for this view (Stanton, & Heath, 1995;Szapocznik & Kurtines, 1989;Hawkins, Catalano & Miller, 1992). Family based interventions aim to reduce drug abuse by engaging families in treatment and helping family members reduce family disorganization and change patterns of family functioning in which the drug abuse is embedded.…”

“…Once families engage in therapy, effective treatment programmes for adolescent drug abuse involve the following processes which while overlapping, may be Evidenced based practice in family therapy 13 conceptualized as stages of therapy: problem definition and contracting; becoming drug free; facing denial and creating a context for a drug free lifestyle; family reorganisation; disengagement and planning for relapse prevention (Stanton & Heath, 1995). The style of therapy that has been shown to be effective with adolescent drug abusers and their families has evolved from the structural and strategic family therapy traditions (Minuchin, 1974;Haley, 1980).…”

Children and Adolescents

“…Once families engage in therapy, effective treatment programmes for adolescent drug abuse involve the following processes which while overlapping, may be conceptualized as stages of therapy: problem definition and contracting; becoming drug free; facing denial and creating a context for a drug free lifestyle; family reorganisation; disengagement and planning for relapse prevention (Stanton & Heath, 1995). The style of therapy that has been shown to be effective with adolescent drug abusers and their families has evolved from the structural and strategic family therapy traditions (Minuchin, 1974;Haley, 1980).…”