Two Therapeutic Communities for Substance-Abusing Women and Their Children

Glider, Peggy; Hughes, Patrick H.; Mullen, Rod; Coletti, Shirley D.; Sechrest, Lee; Neri, Robert L.; Renner, Bobbi J.; D, Sicilian

doi:10.1037/e497232006-005

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“…Parenting education and strengths-based family preservation are crucial to improved caregiving and decreased incidence of child abuse and neglect (Namyniuk et al, 1997), and to improvements in emotional availability, affective attunement, and positive dyadic interaction between mother and baby (Burns, Chethik, Burns, & Clark, 1997;Lief, 1985). Better outcomes occur when services are specialized to target women's needs and/or mother and baby remain together over the course of treatment, often leading to improved treatment retention, which is linked to higher levels of posttreatment abstinence and decreased recidivism rates (Glider et al, 1996;Grella et al, 2000;Szuster, Rich, Chung, & Bisconer, 1996;Weisdorf, Parran, Graham, & Synder, 1999). As satisfying relationships develop between mother and child, posttreatment abstinence rates improve, resulting in long-term beneÞts for mother and child as the relationship helps to reorganize the addictive reward system from reliance on substances to the positive associations of the relationship with baby (Collins, Grella, & Hser, 2003;Pajulo et al, 2006).…”

Section: Mothers and Babies In Treatmentmentioning

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The Haven Mother's House Modified Therapeutic Community: Meeting the gap in infant mental health services for pregnant and parenting mothers with drug addiction

Bromberg

Backman

Krow

et al. 2010

Infant Mental Health Journal

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The specialized needs of pregnant and parenting women in the treatment of drug addiction must not be underestimated. The impact of substance abuse on developmental outcomes for young infants and children supports the notion that attention to the parent-child relationship is a critical aspect of addiction treatment for this population. As such, the standard of care appears to be shifting from separating mothers and young children while the mother completes addiction treatment to women residing with their children while in treatment and receiving concurrent addiction treatment and parenting education. While parenting education is important, it may not provide the needed relationship intervention to address the myriad of issues often present for female recovering addicts and their children. This article describes the evolution and workings of a program for integrating infant mental health practice into a long-term residential treatment community for pregnant and parenting women with addiction. The principles and structure of the modified therapeutic community are described, as are the ways in which infant mental health practice have been effectively integrated and incorporated into the addiction treatment philosophy. A case example is provided, and clinical implications are discussed.

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Section: Mothers and Babies In Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Haven Mother's House Modified Therapeutic Community: Meeting the gap in infant mental health services for pregnant and parenting mothers with drug addiction

Bromberg

Backman

Krow

et al. 2010

Infant Mental Health Journal

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“…Generally, those studies reported positive results. The earliest recorded attempts to include children in the treatment environment were by Synanon in the 1960s (Gilder et al, 1996). Although Synanon developed this program, no formal outcome studies were conducted (Yablonski, 1989).…”

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Optimizing Treatment Effects for Substance-Abusing Women With Children: An Evaluation of the Susan B. Anthony Center

Sowers

Ellis

Washington

et al. 2002

Research on Social Work Practice

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Substance abuse among women is a significant national problem. Historically, the treatment of this condition has been difficult, but it has been even more challenging when the woman in treatment has had children. This article reports the results of an evaluation of the Susan B. Anthony Center (SBAC), a residential treatment facility for recovering women and their children. Researchers studied outcomes for 41 women who were first treated in a detoxification program, then referred to either SBAC or a day treatment program. Although random assignment to groups was not possible, the groups were comparable on four major demographic variables. The SBAC groups reported better outcomes on three psychosocial variables: abstinence, arrest, and employment. They improved their total score on the Functional Assessment Rating Scale substantially more than did the comparison group. Consumer satisfaction was also high.

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Two Therapeutic Communities for Substance-Abusing Women and Their Children

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The Haven Mother's House Modified Therapeutic Community: Meeting the gap in infant mental health services for pregnant and parenting mothers with drug addiction

The Haven Mother's House Modified Therapeutic Community: Meeting the gap in infant mental health services for pregnant and parenting mothers with drug addiction

Optimizing Treatment Effects for Substance-Abusing Women With Children: An Evaluation of the Susan B. Anthony Center

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