(1) Intensive Outpatient Program, Mesilla Valley Hospital, 3751 Del Rey Blvd., Las Cruces, NM, 88012;(2) Marriage and Family Therapy Program, New Mexico State University, Department 3470, Las Cruces, NM, 88003
Abstract:
Therapists are increasingly considering chemical addiction from a family systems perspective. Effects of chemical dependency upon the family are discussed and intervention approaches aimed toward assisting the family as families redefine themselves and change their structure are considered. The integration of chemical dependency treatment and the family therapy is also discussed as it is practiced in an intensive outpatient program at a psychiatric hospital.