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The Role of Multifamily Therapy in Promoting Retention in Treatment of Alcohol and Cocaine Dependence
Author(s) -
Conner Kenneth R.,
Shea Robert R.,
McDermott Michael P.,
Grolling Robert,
Tocco Robert V.,
Baciewicz Gloria
Publication year - 1998
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 - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1998.tb00468.x
Subject(s) - attendance , cocaine dependence , alcohol dependence , psychology , dependency (uml) , cocaine use , alcohol , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , addiction , biochemistry , chemistry , systems engineering , engineering , economics , economic growth
The authors present a model for incorporating multifamily therapy in the treatment of chemical dependency and investigate the association of family participation in multifamily therapy group with treatment retention in a sample of 164 alcohol‐ and/or cocaine‐dependent outpatients. Results indicate that level of family attendance at a multifamily group strongly predicted completion of short‐term and long‐term outpatient treatment. Effects were greater for cocaine‐dependent than for alcohol‐dependent subjects in analyses of short‐term treatment retention. Multifamily therapy may be a powerful method to engage patients' families in treatment and promote treatment retention, especially in the early, intensive phases of treatment for cocaine dependency.