Alcohol and drug problems affect not only those using these substances but also family
members of the substance user. In this review evidence of the negative impacts substance …

Aims To describe a set of standard questionnaire measures for the assessment of the needs
of family members of relatives with alcohol, drug or gambling problems, and to present …

Objective To discuss how to develop more effective treatment programmes than those
currently available for addictive disorders. Data sources The Swedish SBU report, published …

This article summarizes the proceedings of a symposium that was organized and chaired by
Richard Longabaugh and presented at the 2004 Research Society on Alcoholism meeting …

Among the various types of couple and family therapies used to treat substance abuse,
Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT) has the strongest empirical support for its effectiveness …

Positive, abstinence-oriented, social support is associated with good substance abuse
treatment outcome but few interventions are designed to help patients improve their social …

Although alcoholism and drug abuse have been viewed historically as individual problems
best treated on an individual basis, a large and growing body of empirical literature suggests …

Estimates of the prevalence of alcohol dependence among Americans approach 14%(Read,
Kahler, & Stevenson, 2001). Alcohol dependence was once considered among the most …

In research and clinical treatment of substance use disorders, pharmacotherapy and
psychotherapy are frequently combined. Medication is often used as a maintenance drug, to …

La terapéutica antiadictiva es efectiva contra la patología adictiva, cuya estirpe multifacética
e impacto multimodal requiere de varios recursos a la vez, pues ningún tratamiento es …