A Family-based Intervention for Drug-abusing Adults in Hong Kong

The intervention aims to motivate drug abusers to stay drug abstinence and improve family functioning with the support of their own families. In the component of engagement, we will use effective and appropriate skills to engage clients, understand their concerns, and provide necessary resources to them. In the component of role identification, we will help drug abusers identify their family roles through providing education on family roles and responsibilities. The component of affection is designed to learn affective responsiveness and enhance their emotional bonds with each other, while in the component of competence, we will enhance their competency to take care of the family. The intervention will be conducted in group sessions with 4-6 families per group. A total of 17 sessions will be delivered with 1.5-2 hour for each session (6 sessions for Engagement, 3 sessions for Role identification, 3 sessions for Affection, and 3 sessions for Competence).

Routine care includes individual-session components of engagement, case assessment, drug education, service referral, family support, and etc.