title: Families parenting adolescents with substance abuse--recovering the mother's voice: a narrative literature review.
abstract: Alcohol and substance dependency are complex, problematic phenomena, which are growing worldwide. In particular, drug use and abuse among young people is a significant concern. Although addiction presents as a problem of dependent individuals, families are also profoundly affected by the family member's addiction. In this narrative literature review, we review published research from 1937 to 2014 to capture a narrative and historical perspective of addiction and family. We condense and analyze the experiences of parents with alcohol- and drug-dependent children, to emphasize the need for a more specific, in-depth exploration of mothers' experiences. Such exploration may advance nurses' understandings of individual, familial, and social complexities of parenting an addicted child.
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Jackie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada aestefan@ucalgary.ca.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Estefan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D033262:Narration; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States
keywords: addiction; adolescent substance abuse; adolescent substance abuse treatment; alcoholism; family/mother/parenting experiences; substance dependency