Abstract

When a young adult develops a substance use disorder (SUD), a mother often assumes a caregiving role and experiences strain associated with providing off-time caregiving. The purpose of this paper is to obtain a nuanced understanding of how mothers of young adults with SUDs experience the treatment system. We conducted in-depth interviews with 13 mothers of young adults (ages 22-34) and analyzed the results using transcendental phenomenology. Five themes emerged: Participating in a child’s treatment evokes strong emotions, Navigating the treatment system, Financial hardships, Mothers’ perspective omitted from treatment, and Mothers recommendations for services they believed would have been helpful. Implications include increased parental support, family therapy and access to affordable SUD treatment.

摘要

当年轻人患上物质使用障碍 (SUD) 时，母亲通常会承担看护角色，并经历与提供业余时间看护相关的压力。本文的目的是详细了解患有 SUD 的年轻成人的母亲如何体验治疗系统。我们对 13 位年轻成人（22-34 岁）的母亲进行了深入访谈，并使用先验现象学分析了结果。出现了五个主题：参与儿童的治疗会引起强烈的情绪、治疗系统的导航、经济困难、治疗中忽略的母亲观点以及母亲对他们认为会有所帮助的服务的建议。影响包括增加父母的支持、家庭治疗和获得负担得起的 SUD 治疗。