Special Section on Relapse Prevention: Qualitative Interviews on Substance Abuse Relapse and Prevention Among Female Trauma Survivors

Abstract

It is important for women and clinicians to place a high priority on the development of boundary management and other relationship skills. In addition, clinicians need to attend to negative feelings such as boredom and loneliness and to help women develop a range of meaningful activities that are consistent with a strong sense of identity. Individual relapse prevention skills by themselves seem insufficient to sustained abstinence.