Background: Family members of people with serious alcohol or drug prolems are negatively affected by the behaviour and problems of their substance misusing relative. Aims: Conduct a feasibility study, testing whether a intervention successful in the UK, aimed helping family members of people with alcohol or drug problems (the 5-Step Intervention), would also be applicable in Italy. Materials were successfully translated and back-translated and were deemed relevant for an Italian context; different health services organizations and their staff were recruited to participate; 52 family members were recruited and received the intervention. Before-and-after comparisons of these family members' physical and psychological symptoms, and their coping methods, showed that major and significant changes were made during and following the intervention. Conclusions: how family members cope with living with a relative with alcohol or drug problems is important. Issues related to the generelizability of the intevention are discussed, including the transferability of therapeutic interventions within Europe at a time of greater trans-European mobility, and the generalizability of the possible intervention to other contexts.
A 5-step intervention to help family members in Italy who live with substancemisusers / Velleman, R.; Arcidiacono, Caterina; Procentese, Fortuna; Sarnacchiaro, P.; Copello, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH. - ISSN 0963-8237. - STAMPA. - 17:6(2008), pp. 643-655. [10.1080/09638230701677761]
A 5-step intervention to help family members in Italy who live with substancemisusers
ARCIDIACONO, CATERINA;PROCENTESE, FORTUNA;Sarnacchiaro, P.;
2008
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Background: Family members of people with serious alcohol or drug prolems are negatively affected by the behaviour and problems of their substance misusing relative. Aims: Conduct a feasibility study, testing whether a intervention successful in the UK, aimed helping family members of people with alcohol or drug problems (the 5-Step Intervention), would also be applicable in Italy. Materials were successfully translated and back-translated and were deemed relevant for an Italian context; different health services organizations and their staff were recruited to participate; 52 family members were recruited and received the intervention. Before-and-after comparisons of these family members' physical and psychological symptoms, and their coping methods, showed that major and significant changes were made during and following the intervention. Conclusions: how family members cope with living with a relative with alcohol or drug problems is important. Issues related to the generelizability of the intevention are discussed, including the transferability of therapeutic interventions within Europe at a time of greater trans-European mobility, and the generalizability of the possible intervention to other contexts.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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