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Thursday, March 15, 2012

When a parent struggles with drug addiction.

Parental Substance Abuse: Family Assessment & Treatment
Brandon Bruce Dellario LMSW LASAC

The issue of substance abuse disorders within a family, and its effect on family systems, is a testament to the usefulness of ecological theory in social work practice.  “An ecological model of causation, which seeks to understand the transactions between the person and the environment, offers a more robust model for describing the addictive process and its effects