[Current State of Family-Based Prevention and Therapy of Substance-Use Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Review].

[Current State of Family-Based Prevention and Therapy of Substance-Use Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Review]. Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr. 2019 Jun;68(5):376-401 Authors: Arnaud N, Sack PM, Thomasius R Abstract Current State of Family-Based Prevention and Therapy of Substance-Use Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Review Adolescence is a vulnerable period for substance use disorders (SUD) as indicated by epidemiological studies. Research demonstrates the family's role for the etiology of SUD and provides a rationale for interventions based on family-associated risk and resilience factors. In this article, we summarize published results for family-based interventions from 2008-2018. Taken together, prevention programs can be effective when they focus on the promotion of broader developmental competencies and familial resources, rather than narrowly addressing substance use. Moreover, programs could benefit from targeting youth and parents as done in the "Strengthening Families Program 10-14"; most existing programs however target parents and do not include the adolescents. Family-based treatment programs with an evidence base are Multisystemic Therapy, Functional Family Therapy, Multidimensional Family Therapy and Brief Strategic Family Therapy. Overall, the effects of family-based interventions are small-to-middle sized but vary significantly across populations. Across the field of family-based interventions, ...
Source: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie - Category: Child Development Tags: Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr Source Type: research