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M. Duncan Stanton, Ph.D., ABPP, AAMFT Approved Supervisor

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Dr. Stanton is an internationally renowned scholar, clinician, and researcher on the subject of family and substance abuse. He has given over 500 invited workshops, lectures, and presentations in 27 countries. Author of over 150 publications and a Fellow of NCFR and AAMFT and in 5 APA Divisions, Dr. Stanton has received 10 awards from national organizations, including AFTA’s Distinguished Contribution to Family Systems Research (1997), a Presidential Citation from APA (2001), and AAMFT’s Cumulative Contribution to Family Therapy Research Award (2003).

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Stanton received his PhD in clinical/community psychology at the University of Maryland (1968). He served as a full-time faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1972–1983), with appointments at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic and the VA Medical Center. Later he directed the Division of Family Programs at the University of...

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  • Stanton, M. D. (1979). Family treatment approaches to drug abuse problems: A review. Family Process, 18(3), 251–280.

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  • Stanton, M. D. (1981). Strategic approaches to family therapy. In A. Gurman & D. Kniskern (Eds.), Handbook of family therapy (Vol. 1, pp. 361–402). New York: Brunner/Mazel.

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  • Stanton, M. D., & Shadish, W. R. (1997). Outcome, attrition and family/couples treatment for drug abuse: A meta-analysis and review of the controlled, comparative studies. Psychological Bulletin, 122(2), 170–191.

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  • Stanton, M. D., Todd, T. C., Heard, D. B., Kirschner, S., Kleiman, J. I., Mowatt, D. T., Riley, P., Scott, S. M., & Van Deusen, J. M. (1978). Heroin addiction as a family phenomenon: A new conceptual model. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 5(2), 125–150.

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  • Stanton, M. D., Todd, T. C., & Associates. (1982). The family therapy of drug abuse and addiction. New York: Guilford Publications.

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Ro, HS. (2019). Stanton, M. Duncan. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_731

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