Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families: Research and Practice Implications

by Fewell; Christine Huff

• ISBN13: 9780789033444
• ISBN10: 0789033445
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-10-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families addresses the growing concern over children at risk of developing physical and mental health problems because of their parents' addictions to alcohol and other drugs (AOD), including a chapter on the troubling increase of methamphetamine abuse by parents. The book's contributors examine current research findings from the United States, Australia, Ireland, and Israel to provide much-needed insight into the effects of addiction on family dynamics, parental attachment styles, and family characteristics. The book also looks at the impact of addiction on school-aged children and on mothers in residential treatment with their children, survey assessment instruments and treatment outcomes, and the value of Student Assistance Services for older children. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
A Family Perspective for Substance Abuse: Implications from the Literature	1	(30)
Kenneth J. Gruber
Melissa Floyd Taylor
Alcohol Problems, Marriage, and Treatment: Developing a Theoretical Timeline	31	(18)
Hilda Loughran
Young Children of Parents with Substance Use Disorders (SUD): A Review of the Literature and Implications for Social Work Practice	49	(14)
Neta Peleg-Oren
Meir Teichman
The Impact of Methamphetamine Use on Parenting	63	(26)
Julie A. Brown
Melinda Hohman
The Child in the Family of a Drug-Using Father: Attachment Styles and Family Characteristics	89	(24)
Ricky Finzi-Dottan
Orna Cohen
Dorota Iwaniec
Yaffa Sapir
Abraham Weizman
Social Support: A Key to Positive Parenting Outcomes for Mothers in Residential Drug Treatment with Their Children	113	(26)
Josephine Y. Wong
Identifying Children's Needs When Parents Access Drug Treatment: The Utility of a Brief Screening Measure	139	(16)
Stefan M. Gruenert
Samantha S. Ratnam
Menka Tsantefski
Adolescents in Treatment: Effects of Parental Substance Abuse on Treatment Entry Characteristics and Outcomes	155	(20)
Gillian Leichtling
Roy M. Gabriel
Chandra K. Lewis
Kelly Jean Vander Ley
SPECIAL TOPICS: REFLECTIONS FROM THE FIELD
Student Assistance Programs: An Interview with Ellen Morehouse	175	(4)
Lori K. Holleran
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Partners and Adult Children of Alcoholics in Online Treatment	179	(8)
Elizabeth. Zelvin
Index	187