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Understanding Families Impacted by Opioid Use: Outcomes of a Therapist Training Program
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Understanding Families Impacted by Opioid Use: Outcomes of a Therapist Training Program

Jessica L. Chou, Rikki Patton, Asif Zaarur, Heather Katafiasz, Phyllis Swint, Yue Dang and Erika Feeney
Families systems & health, v 41(4), pp 425-433
01 Dec 2023
PMID: 37616104
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https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000818View
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Family Studies Health Care Sciences & Services Life Sciences & Biomedicine Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Science & Technology Social Sciences
Introduction: Increasing the substance use workforce is vital in addressing the many complexities of opioid use among families. The purpose of the present research was to examine 6-month outcomes of a training program focusing on opioid use among families, for master-level family therapy (MFT) and community mental health counseling (CMHC) students. Method: In total, 58 students participated in self-reported survey assessments at baseline and 6-month follow-up across the following domains: attitudes about substance use, interpersonal professional collaboration, trainee confidence, professional quality of life, and cross-cultural counseling competence. Results: The study results indicated a significant improvement between scores on attitudes of working with families impacted by substance use disorders from baseline to follow-up. There was a significant positive change in cross-cultural competency, interprofessional competency, and trainee confidence from baseline to follow-up. Discussion: The findings contribute to extant literature by examining the potential role of participating in substance use training for graduate-level MFT and CMHC trainees and considerations for implementing specific substance use training components among graduate-level trainees.

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