Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7338078 | Social Science & Medicine | 2013 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Globally 100 million adults are likely to be affected by their relatives' addiction problems. ⺠Affected family members experience multiple stresses, coping dilemmas, and lack of information and support. ⺠They are at heightened risk for ill-health and the results are very costly personally and for public services. ⺠The stress-strain-coping-support model offers a non-pathological way of understanding their circumstances. âºÂ A flexible and adaptable five-step procedure for responding to affected family members is described.
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Authors
Jim Orford, Richard Velleman, Guillermina Natera, Lorna Templeton, Alex Copello,