Multiple family therapy: a new direction in the treatment of drug abusers.
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.
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001290:Attitude; D003142:Communication; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011616:Psychotherapy, Multiple; D012114:Residential Treatment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*