title: Promising group practices to empower low-income minority women coping with chemical dependency.
abstract: On the basis of 2 cycles of group research, promising group therapy practices are described that can contribute to the recovery of low-income chemically dependent women. Self-reported benefits obtained from 78 participants in 2 types of group treatment suggested strategies to improve self-efficacy and increase empowerment that can result in desired therapeutic outcomes.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA. o.washington@wayne.edu
authors.forename: Olivia G M
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Washington
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Moxley
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014478:Unemployment