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Network Therapy for Cocaine Abuse: Use of Family and Peer Supports
Author(s) -
Galanter Marc,
Dermatis Helen,
Keller Daniel,
Trujillo Manuel
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1080/10550490290087938
Subject(s) - cocaine abuse , family therapy , psychology , cocaine use , clinical psychology , substance abuse , orientation (vector space) , psychiatry , medicine , mathematics , geometry
Cocaine‐dependent subjects were treated by psychiatric residents in a 24‐week sequence of Network Therapy. This approach, developed for practitioners in solo practice, employs a cognitive‐behavioral orientation in sessions with family and peers as well as in individual sessions. Of 47 subjects, 73% of all observed weekly urines were negative for cocaine, and 20 (45%) of the subjects had negative toxicologies in the last 3 scheduled samples. A positive outcome was associated with the number of network (but not individual) sessions attended and completion of the full treatment sequence. Results suggest the utility of Network Therapy, even in the hands of relatively naive therapists.