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Drug addiction and families / Marina Barnard ; foreword by Fergal Keane.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Jessica Kingsley, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (175 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781846425653 (ebook) :
  • 9781846425653
  • 1846425654
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.2913 22
LOC classification:
  • HV5801
Online resources:
Contents:
What is the problem? -- Family journeys of discovery, adaptation and expulsion : cycles of response to drugs in the family -- Distorted roles and strained relationships -- Practitioner responses to mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters of problem drug users -- Parenting in the midst of a drug problem -- Children growing up with parents who have drug problems -- Stepping into the breach : when the extended family takes on the care of children -- Proliferating problems : exposure to drugs and drug initiation -- Practitioner responses to drugs in the home -- Conclusion : what needs to happen? : a case of tinkering or overhaul?
Summary: Presenting an exploration of the impact of drug use on different family members, this book examines the effects of drug use not only on drug users themselves, but also the volatile mix of anger, sadness, anxiety, and shame experienced by their family.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-169) and index.

What is the problem? -- Family journeys of discovery, adaptation and expulsion : cycles of response to drugs in the family -- Distorted roles and strained relationships -- Practitioner responses to mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters of problem drug users -- Parenting in the midst of a drug problem -- Children growing up with parents who have drug problems -- Stepping into the breach : when the extended family takes on the care of children -- Proliferating problems : exposure to drugs and drug initiation -- Practitioner responses to drugs in the home -- Conclusion : what needs to happen? : a case of tinkering or overhaul?

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Presenting an exploration of the impact of drug use on different family members, this book examines the effects of drug use not only on drug users themselves, but also the volatile mix of anger, sadness, anxiety, and shame experienced by their family.

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