Understanding the diverse needs of children whose parents abuse substances

Current Drug Abuse Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-147

  Solis, Jessica M ^a   Shadur, Julia M ^a   Burns, Alison R ^a   Hussong, Andrea M ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Attachment; Behavioral functioning; Child outcomes; Cognitive functioning; Emotional functioning; Families; Maltreatment; Mental health; Parental alcohol abuse; Parental substance abuse; Parenting; Risk factors; Substance dependence; Treatment needs

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MENTAL CAPACITY; ONSET AGE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 84861174942     PISSN: 18744737     EISSN: 18744745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874473711205020135     Document Type: Review

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