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The impact of substance use disorders on families and children: from theory to practice

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Lander, Laura, Howsare, Janie, Byrne, Marilyn·2013·Social work in public health

Abstract

The effects of a substance use disorder (SUD) are felt by the whole family. The family context holds information about how SUDs develop, are maintained, and what can positively or negatively influence the treatment of the disorder. Family systems theory and attachment theory are theoretical models that provide a framework for understanding how SUDs affect the family. In addition, understanding the current developmental stage a family is in helps inform assessment of impairment and determination of appropriate interventions. SUDs negatively affect emotional and behavioral patterns from the inception of the family, resulting in poor outcomes for the children and adults with SUDs. Social workers can help address SUDs in multiple ways, which are summarized in this article.

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  • Interpretationreasoning

    When family members receive suitable education and treatment themselves, they can substantially help the person with the disorder recognize the problem and accept treatment.

    “When family members have appropriate education and treatment for themselves they can play a significant role in the abusers' recognition of the problem and acceptance of treatment.”
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    Family-based treatments supported by evidence have been shown to outperform treatments delivered to individuals or groups.

    “The utilization of evidence-based family approaches has demonstrated superiority over individual or group-based treatments (Baldwin, Christian, Berkeljon, & Shandish, 2012).”
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    • cites Baldwin, Christian, Berkeljon, & Shandish, 2012 source
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    Carter and McGoldrick identified eight stages in the family life cycle along with matching developmental tasks.

    “Carter and McGoldrick (1989) identify eight stages of the family life cycle and corresponding developmental tasks.”
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    • cites Carter and McGoldrick, 1989

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  • Interpretationreasoning

    A parent with a substance use disorder who is intoxicated or preoccupied with obtaining or recovering from substances may fail to seize chances to build healthy attachment.

    “A parent with a SUD, who is mood altered, preoccupied with getting high or spending significant amounts of time recovering from the effects of substances, may miss the opportunities to foster healthy attachment.”
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    Children whose parents have a substance use disorder face a greater chance of developing such a disorder themselves.

    “For children there is also an increased risk of developing an SUD themselves (Zimic & Jakic, 2012).”
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    Interpretationcitation

    Parental substance use disorders harm families by disrupting attachment, rituals, roles, routines, communication, social life, and finances.

    “The negative impacts of parental SUDs on the family include disruption of attachment, rituals, roles, routines, communication, social life, and finances.”
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    Interpretationreasoning

    Information about the family setting can clarify how substance use disorders arise, persist, and respond to treatment.

    “The family context holds information about how SUDs develop, are maintained, and what can positively or negatively influence the treatment of the disorder.”
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    Premisecitation

    Research on families with substance use disorders has found patterns that strongly affect child development and raise the chance that a child will have emotional, behavioral, or substance use difficulties.

    “The studies of families with SUDs reveal patterns that significantly influence child development and the likelihood that a child will struggle with emotional, behavioral, or substance use problems (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 2003).”
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    • cites Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 2003

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    Interpretationnone given

    Substance use disorders harm emotional and behavioral functioning from the time a family begins, producing unfavorable results for both children and adults with the disorder.

    “SUDs negatively affect emotional and behavioral patterns from the inception of the family, resulting in poor outcomes for the children and adults with SUDs.”
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    Interpretationreasoning

    Leaving the family out of an individual's treatment can reduce its effectiveness because it overlooks the harm substance use causes to the family system and fails to use the family as a source of support for change.

    “Treating the individual without family involvement may limit the effectiveness of treatment for two main reasons: it ignores the devastating impact of SUDs on the family system leaving family members untreated, and it does not recognize the family as a potential system of support for change.”
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    Premisenone given

    Attachment theory and family systems theory offer a structure for analyzing how substance use disorders influence families.

    “Family systems theory and attachment theory are theoretical models that provide a framework for understanding how SUDs affect the family.”
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    Interpretationnone given

    Substance use disorders have effects that extend to the entire family, not only the person with the disorder.

    “The effects of a substance use disorder (SUD) are felt by the whole family.”
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    • Rests on an assumption: The family is the main provider of attachment, nurturing, and socialization for people in contemporary society.
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    Most of these children are under age 5.

    “The majority of these children are younger than age 5 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2010).”
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    • cites U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2010

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    Interpretationreasoning

    A child lacking a healthy attachment system is more vulnerable to stress and more prone to trauma, anxiety, depression, and other mental illness.

    “Without a healthy attachment system, a child is much more vulnerable to stress and therefore more susceptible to having problems with trauma, anxiety, depression, and other mental illness.”
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    All family therapy models share the family systems principle that a person cannot be fully understood or effectively treated without first understanding how they function within their family system.

    “All the family therapy models share the basic principal of family systems theory that is that the individual cannot be fully understood or successfully treated without first understanding how that individual functions in his or her family system.”
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    Premisecitation

    An estimated more than eight million children under age 18 live with at least one adult who has a substance use disorder, which is more than one in ten children.

    “It is estimated that more than eight million children younger than age 18 live with at least one adult who has a SUD that is a rate of more than one in 10 children.”
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    • cites U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2010

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    Interpretationreasoning

    Clients in clinical settings can be regarded as symptomatic, and their pathology can be interpreted as an effort to adapt to the family system and preserve homeostasis.

    “Individuals who present in our clinical settings can be seen as “symptomatic,” and their pathology can be viewed as an attempt adapt to their family system so as to maintain homeostasis.”
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    Premisenone given

    Attachment theory proposes that the quality of a parent's own attachment system from infancy shapes their capacity to form healthy attachments with their children and other adults.

    “Attachment theory posits that the quality of the parents' attachment system that developed in infancy will affect their ability to form healthy attachments to their own children and with other adults.”
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    Interpretationcitation

    Families with a parent who has a substance use disorder tend to have an atmosphere marked by secrecy, loss, conflict, violence or abuse, emotional turmoil, role reversal, and fear.

    “Families in which there is a parental SUD are characterized by an environment of secrecy, loss, conflict, violence or abuse, emotional chaos, role reversal, and fear.”
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    Interpretationreasoning

    Family members' attitudes and beliefs about substance use disorders shape how individuals attempt recovery and how well treatment works.

    “The attitudes and beliefs that family members have about SUDs are also of importance as these will influence the individuals as they try to get sober and will influence the efficacy of treatment interventions.”
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    Interpretationnone given

    Every family and every member within it experiences distinct effects from a relative's substance use, which can include unmet developmental needs, disrupted attachment, financial strain, legal trouble, emotional suffering, and at times violence against them.

    “Each family and each family member is uniquely affected by the individual using substances including but not limited to having unmet developmental needs, impaired attachment, economic hardship, legal problems, emotional distress, and sometimes violence being perpetrated against him or her.”
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    • Rests on an assumption: The family is the main provider of attachment, nurturing, and socialization for people in contemporary society.
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    Interpretationnone given

    Knowing which developmental phase a family is in can guide evaluation of impairment and choice of suitable interventions.

    “In addition, understanding the current developmental stage a family is in helps inform assessment of impairment and determination of appropriate interventions.”
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    Premisecitation

    Children who are maltreated by parents with a substance use disorder tend to have worse physical, intellectual, social, and emotional outcomes and face a higher risk of developing substance abuse issues themselves.

    “a SUD are more likely to have poorer physical, intellectual, social, and emotional outcomes and are at greater risk of developing substance abuse problems themselves (USDHHS, 2003).”
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    • cites USDHHS, 2003

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    Premisecitation

    The literature documents that children of alcoholics and adult children of alcoholics struggle with establishing healthy relationship boundaries, linking thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and with self-awareness and awareness of others' needs.

    “This sets the child up for a potential lifetime of inability to set healthy boundaries in relationships and make the important triad connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It creates a lack of self-awareness and sometimes an over awareness of others' needs.”
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      “In the literature one can find these difficulties well-documented under children of alcoholics and adult children of alcoholics research (Berkowitz & Perkins, 1988; Cork, 1969; Hecht, 1973; Morehouse & Richards, 1982; Stroufe, Egeland, Carlson, & Collins, 2005; Tarter, 2002; Zucker, Donovan, Masten, Mattson, & Moss, 2009).”
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    • cites Berkowitz & Perkins, 1988 source
    • cites Cork, 1969

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    • cites Hecht, 1973 source
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    Interpretationreasoning

    This can raise children's and adolescents' risk for internalizing problems such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, or externalizing problems such as opposition, conduct problems, anger outbursts, aggression, and impulsivity.

    “This can result in children and adolescents having an increased risk for internalizing problems such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and so on or externalizing problems such as opposition, conduct problems (stealing, lying, and truancy), anger outbursts, aggressivity, impulsivity, and again substance abuse.”
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    • Rests on an assumption: All primates acquire affect regulation from their primary attachment figures through attachment and modeling.
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    Premisecitation

    Motivational interviewing techniques can enhance rapport, boost motivation for change, and reduce resistance.

    “Motivational interviewing strategies can be employed to build rapport, increase motivation for change, and decrease resistance (Miller & Rollnick, 2002; W. R. Miller & Rose, 2010).”
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    • cites Miller & Rollnick, 2002

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    • cites W. R. Miller & Rose, 2010 source
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    Premisecitation

    Out-of-home child placements rose markedly in the 1980s and 1990s, a trend that closely tracked the widespread drug addiction epidemic in the United States during those same decades.

    “The significant increase in out-of-home child placements in the 1980s and 1990s closely paralleled the pandemic drug addiction in the United States during those decades (Jaudes & Edwo, 1997).”
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    • cites Jaudes & Edwo, 1997

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  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing), S4 (based).

    Interpretationreasoning

    Blended families with stepparents and stepchildren also have developmental needs that substance use disorders impair.

    “It should be noted that blended families with stepparents and stepchildren have their own developmental needs that are impaired by SUDs as well, but those are not detailed in this table.”
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    Interpretationnone given

    Earlier intervention in the course of a substance use disorder leads to better outcomes for all family members.

    “The earlier we can intervene in the progression of an SUD, the better the outcomes for all family members.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
    • Rests on an assumption: When a parent has severe and ongoing substance abuse, the parent and child may be separated because of incarceration, long-term treatment, removal by child protective services, or the parent's death.
    • Rests on an assumption: Long-term separation harms a child's attachment and affect regulation and may trigger trauma responses such as numbing or hyperarousal.
    • Rests on an assumption: Problems in the psychological emergency response system are directly linked to and greatly raise the likelihood of later traumatic victimization.
    • Rests on an assumption: Many children in addicted households become parentified, caring for themselves and siblings prematurely, and in a reversal of dependence needs, they care for the parent.
    • Rests on an assumption: Parents with substance use disorders may struggle with assertiveness and direct communication, and certain topics are covertly off-limits.
    • Rests on an assumption: Children in families with substance use disorders often see poor communication and emotional dysregulation between caregivers, which frequently leads to domestic violence.
    • Rests on an assumption: These children commonly experience anxiety, fear, depression, guilt, shame, loneliness, confusion, and anger.
    • Rests on an assumption: Children affected by parental substance use disorders may think they caused the disorder or feel they must keep the drug use secret.
    • Rests on an assumption: A parent's moodiness, forgetfulness, and preoccupation can make the child's environment chaotic, unstructured, and unpredictable.
    • Rests on an assumption: Some children affected by parental substance use exhibit educational problems.
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    Premisecitation

    These children are more than 50% more likely to be arrested as juveniles and 40% more likely to commit a violent crime.

    “The sequalae of this is that these children are more than 50% more likely to be arrested as juveniles, and 40% more likely to commit a violent crime (USDHHS, 1996).”
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    Interpretationreasoning

    These problems can produce disabilities that need early intervention and often continuing social and mental health services.

    “These difficulties may cause disabilities that require early intervention and often ongoing and social and mental health services.”
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    Premisecitation

    Genograms can visually expose patterns of substance use and help gather family substance use information indirectly, which reduces defensiveness.

    “Genograms can reveal SUD patterns in a visual way and help to obtain family details of substance use without directly asking about the problem thereby decreasing defensiveness.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites McGoldrick & Gerson, 1985
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    Interpretationnone given

    Incest is strongly associated with parental substance abuse, as are all forms of sexual abuse.

    “Incest has a very high association with parental substance abuse as do all types of sexual abuse.”
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    Interpretationnone given

    Children who have been abused are more likely to develop externalizing disorders such as anger, aggression, and conduct problems, while children who have been neglected are more likely to develop internalizing disorders such as depression, anxiety, social withdrawal, and poor peer relations.

    “Children who have experienced abuse are more likely to have the externalizing disorders such as anger, aggression, conduct, and behavioral problems whereas children who experience neglect are more likely to have internalizing disorders (depression, anxiety, social withdrawal, poor peer relations).”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
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  • The paper relies on this without support.

    The family is the main provider of attachment, nurturing, and socialization for people in contemporary society.

    “The family remains the primary source of attachment, nurturing, and socialization for humans in our current society.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    All primates acquire affect regulation from their primary attachment figures through attachment and modeling.

    “As previously mentioned, all primates learn how to regulate their affect from their primary attachment figures through the attachment system and modeling.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Genetic and environmental factors both play a role in the development of substance use disorders.

    “Genetic and environmental factors contribute to the development of SUDs.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    When a parent has severe and ongoing substance abuse, the parent and child may be separated because of incarceration, long-term treatment, removal by child protective services, or the parent's death.

    “sometimes the consequences of severe and ongoing substance abuse on the part of a parent can result in parent and child separation.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Long-term separation harms a child's attachment and affect regulation and may trigger trauma responses such as numbing or hyperarousal.

    “Any long-term separation will have a negative impact on the child's ability to attach, regulate affect, and can lead to a trauma response of numbing or hyperarousal (inability to discriminate and respond appropriately to stimulus).”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Problems in the psychological emergency response system are directly linked to and greatly raise the likelihood of later traumatic victimization.

    “These impairments in the psychological emergency response system are directly related to, and substantially increase, subsequent traumatic victimization.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Many children in addicted households become parentified, caring for themselves and siblings prematurely, and in a reversal of dependence needs, they care for the parent.

    “Many children living in a home where there is an addiction develop into “parentified children.” This occurs when the caretaker is unable to meet the developmental needs of the child, and the child begins to parent themselves and perhaps younger siblings earlier than developmentally appropriate. In a phenomenon called “reversal of dependence needs” the child actually begins to parent the parent.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Parents with substance use disorders may struggle with assertiveness and direct communication, and certain topics are covertly off-limits.

    “Parents with a SUD may have difficulty with assertiveness and direct communication. Many subjects are covertly “off-limits” to discuss.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Children in families with substance use disorders often see poor communication and emotional dysregulation between caregivers, which frequently leads to domestic violence.

    “Children in these families also often witness the convergence of poor communication and affect dysregulation with their caregivers that frequently results in domestic violence.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    These children commonly experience anxiety, fear, depression, guilt, shame, loneliness, confusion, and anger.

    “Common emotions these children experience are anxiety, fear, depression guilt, shame, loneliness, confusion, and anger.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Children affected by parental substance use disorders may think they caused the disorder or feel they must keep the drug use secret.

    “They may believe that they caused their parent's SUD, or perhaps they are expected to keep the drug use a secret from others in the family or in the community.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    A parent's moodiness, forgetfulness, and preoccupation can make the child's environment chaotic, unstructured, and unpredictable.

    “A parent's moodiness, forgetfulness, and preoccupation can create a chaotic and unstructured, unpredictable environment that leaves the child guessing and asking the questions, “What is going to happen next?” and “What is normal?””
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Some children affected by parental substance use exhibit educational problems.

    “Educational problems are also characteristic of some children affected by parental substance use.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Enabling, a form of accommodation, shields the person with a substance use disorder from fully facing consequences, making continued substance use more likely.

    “Enabling is a form of accommodation that protects the individual with the SUD from fully experiencing the consequences of his or her substance use.”
    “As a result, his SUD is more likely to continue.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    At least 10% of the general population has a substance use disorder, and the rate is higher among people with mental health problems.

    “However with the prevalence of SUDs in the general population being at least 10%, and higher for those presenting with mental health problems, social workers in all settings will find themselves working with individuals with SUDs.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Most social workers are mandated reporters, and many patients aware of this may hide their substance use for fear of being reported to Child Protective Services.

    “Most social workers are mandated reporters so this can present an ethical issue for those who work with individuals with SUDs, especially those with dependent children. Many patients know this and may withhold information about their substance use out of fear of being reported to Child Protective Services.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    If a substance use disorder goes undetected, treatment for any other problem may fail.

    “An undetected SUD can cause treatment of any type of problem to be ineffective.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Addiction researchers have established that addiction and the environment influence each other reciprocally.

    “Addictions researchers have confirmed the reciprocal relationship between the disease of addiction and the environment.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    Every person affects their social environment and is affected by it in return.

    “All persons influence their social environment and in turn are influenced by it.”
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  • Addictive disorders have pervasive negative consequences for partners, family members and friends (CSOs), who are at heightened risk of abuse, physical and mental health problems.

    “Addictive disorders also have pervasive negative consequences for partners, family members and friends [concerned significant others (CSOs)] who, through intimate proximity, are at heightened risk of abuse, physical and mental health problems [7,8].”

    From Community reinforcement and family training and rates of treatment entry: a systematic review. (2020) · cites this paper as [8]

    The sections on parental substance abuse and child abuse report increased risks of abuse and poorer physical and mental-health outcomes for children in families affected by substance use disorders. The paper supports negative consequences for family members, especially children, but does not establish the stated heightened risks for friends or for partners and other family members as a group. Page numbers were unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • CSOs often experience stress, worry, financial strain and disrupted family relationships related to the IP's substance use.

    “CSOs often experience stress, worry, financial strain and disrupted family relationships related to the IP's substance use (Gandhi et al., 2017”

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Authors
Lander, L., Howsare, J., & Byrne, M.
Affiliations
West Virginia University (US)
Venue
Social work in public health
Published
2013-05
Volume
28
Issue
3-4
Pages
194-205
ISSN
  • 1937-190X (ISSN-L)
  • 1937-1918
OpenAlex
W2078867900
Cited by
561
References
32
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Social Work in Public Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (submittedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
substance use disorders, family impact, children of substance users, family systems theory, attachment theory, family intervention, social work practice
MeSH terms
Adult, Alcoholism, Child, Psychology, Child, Combined Modality Therapy, Family Therapy, Female

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