Family Support System Among Recovering Adolescent Drug Addicts: A Case Study

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10.2991/assehr.k.200824.154How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Addiction counseling, support system, family, adolescent drug addicts

Abstract

The family support system gives an impact among recovering adolescent. The aim of this study is to explore the element of support system among recovering adolescent drug addicts using sandtray therapy approach. This is a case study involving four recovering adolescent at the Clinic Cure & Care Clinic, National Anti-Drug Agency, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. The thematic process was used to analyze the process of group sandtray therapy and the arrangement of the miniature in the sandtray. The findings show that recovering adolescent drug addicts need family as a support system, however their families were not functioning in the prevention and recovery process. Besides that, the results show that there are three vital themesof family support system, namely: 1) family issues, 2) family structure and 3) ideal family characteristics.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mohd Fitri Amir Shoodi
AU  - Abu Yazid Abu Bakar
AU  - Ku Suhaila Ku Johari
AU  - Dharatun Nissa Puad Mohd Kari
AU  - Norhafizatulhusna Ismail
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/25
TI  - Family Support System Among Recovering Adolescent Drug Addicts: A Case Study
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 683
EP  - 688
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200824.154
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200824.154
ID  - Shoodi2020
ER  -