title: The role of multifamily therapy in promoting retention in treatment of alcohol and cocaine dependence.
abstract: 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 out-patient 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, NY 14642, USA. kconner@mail.urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Conner
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Shea
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: McDermott
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grolling
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Tocco
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baciewicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy*; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D013997:Time Factors