Empirically based marital and family interventions for alcohol abuse: a review
- Författare
- Thomas C, Corcoran J.
- Titel
- Empirically based marital and family interventions for alcohol abuse: a review
- Utgivningsår
- 2001
- Tidskrift
- Research on Social Work Practice
- Volym
- 11
- Häfte
- 5
- Sidor
- 549-75
- Sammanfattning
The traditional approach to substance-abuse treatment involves the disease model, as promulgated through Alcoholics Anonymous. In this model, the message for relatives and friends of substance users is that their behavior cannot influence the user to either enter treatment or to reduce their substance use. The main emphasis instead is on helping relatives concentrate on their own lives and cultivating a sense of detachment from the drinker. However, a beginning empirical literature has developed on treatment with the relatives of substance users, which indicates that the relative may be able to affect the behavior of the substance user, although the effect of such treatment on the relative may be less consistent. This article will discuss findings of studies, which are organized according to whether relatives are treated alone or in a marital therapy context. Suggestions for further research in this area and implications for social work are discussed.