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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Commentary - Parenting in the Context of Addiction Recovery: Critical Research Questions



The emergence of recovery as an organizing paradigm in the addictions field is spurring calls for the development of a national recovery research agenda. 

This article identifies research questions of great concern to parents in recovery, parents of recovering adolescents, addiction professionals, and recovery support specialists seeking to include parent-focused interventions within the treatment and post-treatment recovery support process. 

Effectively addressing parenting as a treatment and recovery support issue will require mobilizing people in recovery to help shape a recovery research agenda that includes parenting as a prominent focus of research activity.


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