Social work support program for the families of substance use disorders based on EBM

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23653153
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Kyoto Prefectural University
Principal Investigator	YAMANO NAOMI 京都府立大学, 公共政策学部, 准教授 (90268748)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords	social work / family support / adult drug user / substance use disorder / drug dependence / drug abuse / addiction / adult patient / family / parent / evidence based
Research Abstract	The purpose of this research is to confirm the effect of family attitude on the recovery from substance use disorders. Using review databases, it is found that the family intervention is not a required clinical protocol in the clinical guideline. But the effect of family attitude and involvement was mentioned in some research on the treatment for young people with drug use and other criminal problems. Based on these results, a support program for the families of adult drug users, not from a view of point of treatment for the drug users but of support for the families who are suffered from the drug use related problem.