Adolescent drug abuse: Helping families survive

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-214

  Usher, Kim ^a   Jackson, Debra ^b   O'Brien, Louise ^b,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Drug use; Family resilience; Family strengths; Family support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COOPERATION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 27744518033     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0979.2005.00383.x     Document Type: Review

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