The impact of substance use disorders on families and carers : a scoping review
| dc.contributor.author | Swanepoel, Ilze | |
| dc.contributor.author | Geyer, Stephan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Marcus, Tessa S. | |
| dc.contributor.email | stephan.geyer@up.ac.za | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-21T07:12:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-07-21T07:12:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is a persistent and global public health and social problem. This scoping review explores and describes the impact that Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) have on families and carers. It draws on 36 research articles published between January 2007 and August 2021. The review findings are presented according to three themes, namely (1) the impact of SUDs on families/ carers, (2) the burden on carers, and (3) coping responses to living with a person with SUD. The evidence indicates that SUDs in a family affects almost all domains of family members' and carers' lives, suggesting the need to develop targeted harm reduction interventions that could reduce vulnerability and help restore the bio-psychosocial well-being of family members and carers. | en_US |
| dc.description.department | Family Medicine | en_US |
| dc.description.department | Social Work and Criminology | en_US |
| dc.description.librarian | hj2023 | en_US |
| dc.description.librarian | em2025 | en |
| dc.description.sdg | SDG-03: Good health and well-being | en |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.crisaafrica.org/ajdas | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Swanepoel, I., Geyer, S. & Marcus, T. 2022, 'The impact of substance use disorders on families and carers : a scoping review', African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies, vol. 21, no. 1-2, pp. 38-54, doi : 10.4314/ajdas.v21i1-2.3. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1531-4065 | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.4314/ajdas.v21i1-2.3 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91569 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | African Center for Research and Information on Substance Abuse | en_US |
| dc.rights | © CRISA Publications | en_US |
| dc.subject | Substance use disorder (SUD) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Carers | en_US |
| dc.subject | Family members | en_US |
| dc.subject | Caregiver burden | en_US |
| dc.subject | Quality of life (QoL) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Harm reduction interventions | en_US |
| dc.subject | Scoping review | en_US |
| dc.title | The impact of substance use disorders on families and carers : a scoping review | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |