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I will be able to extend the time limit once it gets closer. The deadline is April 25th.
Write a 750-1,000-word paper about the involvement of family in relation to substance use disorders.
Your paper should address the following:
- In what way is the family a system of roles?
- How do family systems vary from culture to culture?
- What interventions can counselors conduct when working with families that have an adolescent suffering from a substance use disorder?
Be sure to include a title page, introduction, conclusion, in-text citations, and a minimum of five scholarly references and a reference section.
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Resources that might be helpful
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64265/
http://dx.doi.org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.07.011
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Running Head: Family and Substance Use Disorders
Family and Substance Use Disorders
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Family and Substance Use Disorders
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Family and Substance Use Disorders
Substance use disorder is a condition that affects a person’s brain and behavior and leads
to the inability to control the use of drugs. Substance use disorders affect a family in many ways,
emotionally, financially, among other ways. This paper presents a discussion of ways a family is
a system of roles and ways family systems vary from culture to culture and interventions can
counselors conduct when working with families that have an adolescent suffering from a
substance use disorder.
In what way is the family a system of roles
According to Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (2004), the family functions as a
system with roles and a great impact on an individual. Each member of the family system plays a
significant role. Family roles define how a person interacts with another within the family. The
concept of a family entails the emotional connection among family members despite the distance
between them. The family members are still connected and contribute to the dynamics of its
functioning. The traditional family system comprises of heterosexual couples, a mother and
father, and children or single parents, adoptive parents, blood relatives, and grandparents. The
elected families are those in which a person selects on choice or does not have blood ties. In
substance use disorder therapy, a client identifies the person who they believe...