Marina Barnard

Drug Addiction and Families

Herausgeber: Barnard, Marina

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Produktbeschreibung

Drug Addiction and Families is an exploration of the impact of drug use on families, and of the extent to which current practice meets the needs of families as well as problem drug users. Drawing on a substantial research Marina Barnard examines the effects of drug use not only on drug users themselves, but also their extended families.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 265g
• ISBN-13: 9781843104032
• ISBN-10: 1843104032
• Artikelnr.: 21125244

Autorenporträt

Professor Marina Barnard works at the Centre for Drug Misuse Research at the University of Glasgow. She has written extensively in the areas of drug use and addiction and the risks to users and families.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. 1. What is the problem? 2. Family Journeys of Discovery,
Adaptation and Expulsion: Cycles of Response to Drugs in the Family. 3.
Distorted Roles and Strained Relationships. 4. Practitioner Responses to
Mothers and Fathers, Brothers and Sisters of Problem Drug Users. 5.
Parenting in the Midst of a Drug Problem. 6. Children Growing Up with
Parents who have Drug Problems. 7. Stepping into the Breach: When the
Extended Family Takes on the Care of Children. 8. Proliferating Problems:
Exposure to Drugs and Drug Initiation. 9. Practitioner Responses to Drugs
in the Home. 10. Conclusion: What Needs to Happen? A Case of Tinkering or
Overhaul? References. Subject index. Author index.