Substance use has long been associated with close relationship distress. Although the
direction of influence for this association has not been established, it has often been …

Introduction Families are significantly impacted by addictions and family involvement in
treatment can reduce the harms and can also improve treatment entry, treatment completion …

Background While the relationship between combat exposure and alcohol problems is well-
established, the role of perceptions of trauma is less understood. The goal of this study was …

Many couples tend to report steadily decreasing relationship quality following the birth of a
child. However, little is known about the postpartum period for Latino couples, a rapidly …

Abstract The Young Men's Health Project (YMHP) has shown efficacy in reducing drug use
and condomless anal sex (CAS) with casual partners among young gay, bisexual and other …

This chapter reviews research on the association between alcohol involvement and marital
dissolution. We describe an emerging theoretical framework for research on substance use …

Background: Alcohol dependence is a complex behaviour with far-reaching harmful effects
on the family, work, society, as well as on the physical and mental health of the individual …

Couple or marital therapies are included under special type of psychotherapies which have
the goal to intervene and bring about the resolution of the problematicinteractional patterns …

Background: The use of mobile texting has grown dramatically in the world including in
Kenya. It has been suggested that the technology influences people's behaviors including …

While the two previous chapters discuss interventions aimed at influencing behaviors such
as drinking to impairment and driving while impaired, this chapter focuses on reducing the …