Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families

Research and Practice Implications

Christine Fewell Huff

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN: 9781136614446
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Health Care Delivery

Help children overcome the increasing dangers they face because of their parents' addictionsImpact 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.Almost 25 percent of children in the United States live in a household where a parent or other adult is a heavy or binge drinker. More than 10 percent live in family where illicit drugs are used. Children of alcoholics are nearly 10 times more likely to develop an alcohol use disorder as other children, and often develop behavior problems such as depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder. Children of illicit drug abusers are more likely than other children to demonstrate immature, impulsive, or irresponsible behavior, to have lower IQ scores, and poorer school attendance. Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families focuses on these critical and often ignored aspects of addiction, providing the latest evidence-based qualitative and quantitative research findings, as well as a summary of available literature. Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families examines:

• the impact on children at various developmental stages
  
• the role of the family as a treatment resource
  
• alcohol problems and marriage
  
• parental attachment styles of drug-using fathers
  
• family cohesion and adaptability
  
• self-in-relations theory
  
• family-centered service models
  
• the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
  
• adolescent substance abuse treatment
  
• online treatment options

Impact of Substance Abuse on Children and Families is an essential resource for both academics and practitioners working in social work, addictions counseling, sociology, psychology, public health, and family and children's studies.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About the Editors
• Preface
• A Family Perspective for Substance Abuse: Implications from the Literature
• Alcohol Problems, Marriage, and Treatment: Developing a Theoretical Timeline
• Young Children of Parents with Substance Use Disorders (SUD): A Review of the Literature and Implications for Social Work Practice
• The Impact of Methamphetamine Use on Parenting
• The Child in the Family of a Drug-Using: Father Attachment Styles and Family Characteristics
• Social Support: A Key to Positive Parenting Outcomes for Mothers in Residential Drug Treatment with their Children
• Identifying Children's Needs When Parents Access Drug Treatment: The Utility of a Brief Screening Measure
• Adolescents in Treatment: Effects of Parental Substance Abuse on Treatment Entry Characteristics and Outcomes
• Special Topics: Reflections from the Field
• Endpage
• Index