A consumer’s eye view of family-involved alcohol treatment
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Family involvement leads to better outcomes of alcohol treatment, but empirically-supported family treatments have not been adopted widely. The current study obtained consumer perspectives to inform development of a family treatment designed to be adopted by community programs. Four focus groups (N=25; 6 patients, 4 family members, 15 clinicians) were analyzed based on a coding system developed using Grounded Theory. Patient alcohol use negatively impacted family interactions, relationships, and resources. Family involvement barriers included: pragmatic challenges, institutional barriers, and family/patient ambivalence. Strategies to increase family involvement included: enhancing positive interactions, maintaining optimism about family involvement, and clinicians recommending family involvement.
Source: Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly
Institution: University of New Mexico
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: University of New Mexico Clinical and Translational Science Center, Developing a Brief Family-Involved Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorders, UNM HSC Clinical and Translational Science Center, Over-Arousal as a Mechanism between Alcohol and Intimate Partner Violence, Institutional Career Development Core, KL2 Scholars Program, G7559441452, Alcohol Research Training: Methods and Mechanisms of Change
OpenAlex ID: W2808827613