Family Meeting: Helping Family Members Solve the Puzzle of Addiction

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dc.contributor.advisorPointer, Amy
dc.contributor.authorDolan, Andrew
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Baltimore. College of Arts and Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.programMaster of Fine Arts in Integrated Designen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-31T13:18:15Z
dc.date.available2017-01-31T13:18:15Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.descriptionM.F.A. -- University of Baltimore, 2016en_US
dc.descriptionThesis submitted to the School of Communication Studies of the University of Baltimore in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Integrated Design.en_US
dc.description.abstractWhile family members share the misery of living with an addict, many have an incomplete or incorrect understanding of the causes of addiction, or how to mitigate its deleterious effects on family interaction, in order to help the addict on the path to recovery. Governments around the world have published a wealth of information about many aspects of addiction science, but the magnitude of the data is such that families looking for actionable information may feel overwhelmed and consequently may be unable to find the tools that they need. For-profit treatment centers publish materials that present information in more digestible formats, but the information tends to be skewed toward the treatment approach of the particular facility and profit motivations are often disguised to appear purely informational. As a result, many families attempt to deal with the numerous difficult facets of addiction while not understanding several crucial points: that addiction is a brain-based disease, that addicts’ actions are consequently driven by physiological factors, and that addicts regularly manipulate family sensibilities to feed their dependencies. Family Meeting is a website based on these basic tenets that serves as a safe, unaffiliated community for family members of addicts to share resources, experiences and information to help their addicted loved ones. Its featured video, Understanding Addiction: A Guide for Family Members, encapsulates these concepts in an easily-understood format.en_US
dc.format.extent24 leavesen_US
dc.format.mediumapplication/pdf
dc.genrethesesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2QG1C
dc.identifier.otherUB_2016_Dolan_A
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/3823
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rightsThis item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is made available by the University of Baltimore for non-commercial research and educational purposes.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectAddictionen_US
dc.subjectAddiction Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectFamilies of Addictsen_US
dc.subjectComorbidityen_US
dc.subjectDual Diagnosisen_US
dc.subjectDependencyen_US
dc.subject12 Step Programsen_US
dc.subjectAddiction Graphicsen_US
dc.subjectCodependencyen_US
dc.subjectEnablingen_US
dc.subjectAddiction Treatmenten_US
dc.subjectNeuroscienceen_US
dc.subjectAddiction and the Brainen_US
dc.titleFamily Meeting: Helping Family Members Solve the Puzzle of Addictionen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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