Foreword - Man Keung Ho Substance Abuse Treatment - Edith M Freeman Continuum of Care in Services to Families PART ONE: SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN A Cross-Cultural Treatment Approach for Families With Young Children - Ruth G McRoy, Marian A Aguilar and Clayton T Shorkey Developing Alternative Family Structures for Runaway, Drug-Addicted Adolescents - Edith M Freeman A Culturally Specific Approach to Ethnic Minority Young Adults - Jacob U Gordon Alcohol Addiction and Codependency - Clayton T Shorkey and Willa Rosen Treatment for Dually Diagnosed Clients - Marsha Read, Elizabeth C Penick and Elizabeth J Nickel The Impact of Substance Abuse and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Robert Fahnestock Alcohol Addiction and Sexual Dysfunctioning - Stephanie Covington Self-Medication and the Elderly - Brenda Crawley PART TWO: RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FROM A FAMILY SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE Single System Research in Family-Focused Alcohol Treatment - Edith M Freeman Evaluating Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Programs - Michael S Cunningham Epilogue - Edith M Freeman The Family System Recovery Process: What Is Lasting Change?