Families affected by addiction: A handbook

Gallus Bischof; Richard Velleman; Jim Orford; Abhijit Nadkarni; Marcela Tiburcio

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-82583-5

Families affected by addiction: A handbook

Gallus Bischof (Editor), Richard Velleman (Editor), Jim Orford (Editor), Abhijit Nadkarni (Editor), Marcela Tiburcio (Editor)

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This Open Access book sheds new light on the wide range of Affected Family Members' experiences. At a conservative estimate, there are at least 100 million adults across the globe who are affected by their relatives’ addiction problems. These Affected Family Members (AFMs) experience multiple stresses, coping dilemmas, and a lack of information and support, and are at heightened risk for ill-health. The results are very costly, both from the personal and from the public services point of view.

The volume elaborates on the barriers to providing effective help, including political neglect, under-representation in both policy and service delivery models, the lack of involvement and encouragement from health and social care professionals, the stigmatisation and bias as barriers to care, and the range of evidence-based interventions. It also explores the similarities and differences of all of these areas depending on the type of addiction problem that the family is affected by – alcohol, illicit drugs, gambling, etc.

While covering the more commonly reported work in high-income countries, the contributions put strong emphasis on the experience of AFMs in low- and middle-income countries. Given its truly global approach, the book will be a key resource for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers alike.

Original language	English
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Number of pages	284
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-82583-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-82582-8, 978-3-031-82585-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82583-5
Publication status	Published - 8 May 2025

Publication series

Name	Sustainable Development Goals Series
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	2523-3084
ISSN (Electronic)	2523-3092

Acknowledgements

The open access publication of this book was funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Open Access Fund for Longform Publications with additional support from the University of Bath’s Research Strategy Fund. The editors would like to acknowledge the great help provided by Cath Borwick, the University of Bath’s Scholarly Communications Librarian within the Research Publications and Open Access Service, who enabled us to access this funding by coordinating the funding applications to both the UKRI and the University of Bath.

UKRI research funding was also granted to some of the editors, and other colleagues, to undertake primary research into the area of addiction and the family, as is acknowledged in the list of funders below. In particular, this work was supported by the Medical Research Council [grant number MR/P020348/1] and [grant number MR/N021886/1] and the Economic and Social Research Council [grant number ES/J007366/1].

The editors would also like to acknowledge the support of many various funders over many years, which has enabled them to undertake research into this feld, some of which has been summarised in this book.

Finally, the editors’ contributions to the body of work represented in this handbook have been majorly helped by many individuals over the years. The editors would like to acknowledge the contributions from and collaborations with: Caterina Arcidiacono, Colin Bradbury, Alex Copello, Sarah Galvani, Akanidomo Ibanga, Mya Krishnan, Jan Larkin, Majid Mahmood, Richard McVey, Guillermina Natera, Asmita Patel, Ed Sipler, Lorna Templeton, Gill Velleman, Sarah Zohhadi.

Funding

International and Non-UK Funders: • The European Union, Public Health Directorate (SANCO) • The EU Commission’s Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and • Security (DAPHNE Programme II) • German Federal Ministry of Health • Italian Department of Health • Wellcome Trust/DBT/India Alliance • Grand Challenges Canada • Matua Raki, the National Addiction Workforce Development programme within New Zealand • Australian Commonwealth Government, Australia • National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs (NCCRED) Seed Funding Grants, Australia • Living with Alcohol Programme, Northern Territory Government, Australia • National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT), Mexico UK Funders: Government and NHS • Department of Health and Social Security, UK Government • The Department of Health Excellence Fund, UK Government • South & West Region R&D Programme, NHS, UK • West Midlands Region Responsive R&D Programme, NHS, UK • Home Offce Drugs Prevention Initiative, UK Government • National Treatment Agency for Drug Misuse, England UKRI Research Councils • Medical Research Council (MRC, UK) • Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK) • MRC/DfID/Wellcome Global Health Trials Committee (UK) • Alcohol Education and Research Council (UK) Other Funders: • Mental Health Foundation (UK) • The Camelot Foundation (UK) • The Big Lottery Fund (UK) • NSPCC (UK) • Addaction (UK) • Zurich Community Trust (UK) • The Society for the Study of Addiction (UK)

Funders	Funder number
Medical Research Council	MR/P020348/1, MR/N021886/1
Economic and Social Research Council	ES/J007366/1

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