The Family and Drug Misuse: A Bibliography

Abstract

Increasing interest in family factors in the genesis and maintenance of nonalcoholic drug misuse and dependence has resulted in the generation of a large number of publications, particularly since 1973. In addition, a growing number of investigators working in drug abuse areas which have not primarily been family focused, have begun to include more relevant family information in their research efforts. Thus the overall size of the body of literature has increased exponentially. In fact, at least 14 attempts to review or list this literature have been published to date. However, these have limitations, either because they are no longer up-to-date or because they only address circumscribed aspects of the field. The purpose of this paper will be to provide as complete and current a bibliographic listing as possible of the reports which have emerged in the area up through early 1978.