Thai Family Support (TFS): Working with families of young substance users in primary health care

INTERVENTION: Thai Family Support is an intervention for families of young substance users. This intervention was developed based on the 5‐step method and Community Reinforcement And Family Training program together with Thai culture. It comprises about 14 hours of group treatment with the families of the substance users delivered over 6 sessions over 6 weeks. The treatment is designed specifically to support family members, so the substance users themselves do not attend. Sessions cover a variety of skills and techniques to help families deal with their substance‐using relatives and help them manage their psychological functions and maintain well‐being. CONDITION: Family support Youth substance use PRIMARY OUTCOME: Family relationship as measured with the Family Attitude Scale and Family Environment Scale. General psychological wellbeing as measured by the Thai General Health Questionnaire‐28 (Thai GHQ28). Quality of life as measured by the World Health Organization Quality of Life‐Brief‐Thai Questionnaire (WHOQOL‐Bref‐THAI). SECONDARY OUTCOME: Nil INCLUSION CRITERIA: Key INCLUSION CRITERIA: Participants have to be ‐ Aged over 18 years ‐ A member of the nuclear or extended family, or another person with a close relationship with a substance user (SU) (e.g. spouse, unmarried intimate partner, parent, children, grand parent, sibling, other relatives, or boyfriend/girlfriend) ‐ Sufficient contact with substance users such as living with them or in contact with them on at least 40% of days in the prior 3 months (including telephone contacts) ‐ Living less than 30 kilometres radius from the research site. ‐ His/her substance using relative does not enter alcohol or other drug treatments (except for any religion treatment) ‐ The person's substance using relative is a young person aged between 14 – 30 years