title: Substance abuse.
abstract: Liddle and Dakof's (1995) comprehensive review of the status of family-based treatment for drug abuse concluded that this modality offered a "promising, but not definitive" approach to treating drug abuse among adolescents and adults. Less than a decade later, significant progress can be seen in the treatment of drug abuse problems using family-based approaches, particularly with adolescents. Family-based treatments are currently recognized as among the most effective approaches for adolescent drug abuse. Family-based treatment of adult drug abuse problems has also advanced in important ways with the recent systematic application and testing of engagement techniques and behavioral couples therapy approaches. The current review characterizes and discusses the developmental status of this subspecialty and outlines areas in which continued research attention is needed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse (M711), P.O. Box 019132, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA. crowe@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Cynthia L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.forename: Howard A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Liddle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*