Involving caregiving grandmothers in family interventions when mothers with substance use problems are incarcerated

Family Process

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-371

  Engstrom, Malitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MOTHER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

CAREGIVERS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PRISONERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 51349134483     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2008.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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