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Opiate-Addicted Parents in Methadone Treatment: Long-Term Recovery, Health, and Family Relationships

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Few studies follow the lives of opiate-addicted parents. The authors examined a 12-year follow-up of 144 parents in methadone treatment and their 3- to 14-year-old children. Parent mortality was high. Among survivors, drug use and treatment, incarceration, residential and family disruptions, and health problems were common. Moderate and long-term recovery were associated with consistent methadone treatment, further education, employment, and fewer relationship disruptions. Earlier depression, deviant friends, and poor coping skills predicted continued drug problems. Thus, interventions should include treatment for depression and build skills for avoiding and refusing drugs, coping with stress, and maintaining recovery-supportive friendships.

Source: Journal of Addictive Diseases

DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2010.531670

Authors: Martie L. Skinner, Kevin P. Haggerty, Charles B. Fleming, Richard F. Catalano, Randy R. Gainey

Institutions: University of Washington, Old Dominion University

Language: English

Topic: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse