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Coleman, Sandra B.; Stanton, M. Duncan – Journal of Marriage and Family Counseling, 1978
Drug addiction is a potentially life-threatening problem with suicidal ramifications. Within the family of the addict, addiction takes on a special, participatory, meaning; the addicted member is treated as one undergoing a slow death. Treatment can make the mourning explicit. The death issue can be a vehicle for family change. (Author)
Descriptors: Death, Drug Addiction, Family Counseling, Grief

Coleman, Sandra B. – Journal of Drug Education, 1979
From a national survey of family therapy and drug abuse treatment, diverse methods of treating families from varying ethnic/minority backgrounds have been derived in an effort to integrate both family and environmental systems theory--an "ecological" family therapy approach. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction

Coleman, Sandra B. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1981
Surveys some of the representative literature reflecting attitudes and practices imposed on women addicts or female members of drug/alcohol abusing family systems. Explanations based on a study of healthy family systems are given with interpretations anchored in cultural rather than sexist phenomena. (Author)
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Drug Addiction, Family Characteristics