Multiple Family Therapy: A New Direction in the Treatment of Drug Abusers
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- Vol. 4 (4) , 467-478
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00952997709007004
Abstract
Multiple family therapy is presented as an important treatment augmentation for drug abusers in a variety of settings. The total family is viewed as patient with the drug abuser a symptom bearer. Common family dynamics are described as well as the techniques to create structural changes in families.Keywords
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