Evaluation of an intensive family preservation service for families affected by parental substance misuse

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 410-426

  Forrester, Donald ^a   Copello, Alex ^b   Waissbein, Clara ^c   Pokhrel, Subhash ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Independent Researcher   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family preservation; Motivational interviewing; Parental alcohol misuse; Parental drug misuse; Public care

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849093430     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.1048     Document Type: Article

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