title: [The importance of family in drug abuse treatment: a literature review].
abstract: This article presents a literature review on family and two phases of drug addiction treatment: engagement and treatment itself. Referring to various studies, the article highlights the need for addicts to be treated together with their families in order to achieve satisfactory results. The study points to important socio-cultural issues that influence institutional treatment and emphasizes that treatment of addicts and their families fosters an understanding and basis for effective preventive action.
authors.affiliation: Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e da Mulher, Instituto Fernandes Figueira, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, and Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Atenção ao Uso de Drogas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. schenkerbrasil@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schenker
authors.forename: Maria Cecília de Souza
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Minayo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005190:Family; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*