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Poster presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) annual conference, San Diego, CA, June 20-24, 2009
Wayne H. Denton, MD, PhD, Abu T. Minhajuddin, PhD, Paul A. Nokonezny, PhD, Bryon H. Adinoff, MD (all from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX Node).
It is well established that alcohol dependence has negative effects on families. There is less data addressing whether the impact of alcohol on families is greater or lesser than that of other drugs. This CTN ancillary investigation used data sets from two multi-site randomized trials (protocols CTN-0004 and CTN-0005) to investigate the hypothesis that alcohol dependence would have a less severe negative effect on the family than dependence on methamphetamine, cocaine, or opiates. Results showed that while all drug groups were associated with some level of family conflict, methamphetamine and cocaine had significantly greater levels of family conflict than alcohol. Limitations in this study include that the data do not address what is happening in the families to explain these differences; this is a future direction for this area of research. (Poster, PDF, English, 2009)
 Keywords: Alcohol | Cocaine | Family therapy | Methamphetamine | Opioid dependence | Relational discord | Stimulant abuse | Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) annual conference, 2009
Document No: 396
Submitted by Wayne H. Denton, MD, PhD, 9/9/2009. |
