... Alcohol abuse is one of a variety of substance abuses. A lot of the literature on substance abuse doesn't differ between particular kinds of substances that are abused. Additionally, more research has been done on drug abuse than on alcohol abuse, even though the latter affects far more families. Nevertheless, it is ... 2004, p. 19-20). To complicate matters further, parents who are substance abusers are less willing to work with social workers. Hayden (2004) notes that the problem is made worse by the fact that alcoholics are almost by definition frequently in denial. Locke and Newcomb ...

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... elders. Urban families often also face the challenges of interracial marriage and the struggle to develop identities that honor the traditions of the Indian and non-Indian heritage. Literature indicates that, in comparison to children of other ethnic minority groups, American Native children are at greater risk for emotional and behavioral disorders and negative psychosocial conditions ... as well as loneliness and depression and heighten emotional well-being, social adjustment, self-esteem, coping abilities and optimism. They further state that "retraditionalization" - which is "increa...

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