Substance use disorders affect not only the identified client but significant others as well. Rotunda and Doman contrast the enabling and codependency constructs, review empirical studies of enabling, and offer a conceptualization of partner responses to addiction that could enhance future research efforts and clinical applications in this area.
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Partner enabling of substance use disorders
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The American journal of family therapy, Vol.29(4), pp.257-270