title: "Quality time" serves families with a parent in recovery.
abstract: Families in which a parent or caregiver abuses chemicals face specific and unique problems that affect the health and well-being of the next generation, as well as the quality of current family life. This article reports on an intervention in which the multifamily group treatment method is used to address the needs of families with a parent in addiction recovery. Program participants reported continued sobriety at group's end and follow-up, increased knowledge and awareness of addiction as a disease, and increased closeness and better understanding among family members.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Programs in Couple and Family Therapy, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA. chl25@drexel.edu
authors.forename: Cheryl H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Litzke
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Glazer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005192:Family Health; D005195:Family Relations; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome