Background: The influence of family factors on the development and/or on maintenance of heroin addiction still remains unclear. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate family factors, which might be associated with heroin addiction in a sample of male individuals. Methods: A group of 40 heroin addicts’ families was compared with a group of 17 families with a member presenting schizophrenia and a group of 27 families with mentally healthy members in regard to (1) parents’ rejection attitudes toward their adult child, (2) quality of parental bond, as perceived by the adult child, and (3) stressful life events in the nuclear family. Results: The main findings showed that the degree of rejection by the fathers in the heroin addicts’ families as well as in the subjects with schizophrenia was significantly higher compared to the fathers’ degree of rejection in the control group. Moreover, the degree of rejection by mothers in the heroin addicts’ families was significantly higher compared to the mot...

Rejection attitudes, poor parental bonding, and stressful life events in heroin addicts' families.

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Family Issues in the field of Addiction Treatment

Τhis update reviews the empirical evidence supporting the use of couple and family therapies in managing families affected by addiction, both adolescent and adult populations. A particular focus of the paper is the need for a "culturally competent" strategy in assessing and treating target families.

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Family Issues in the field of Addiction Treatment

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