The nature and extent of child protection involvement among heroin-using mothers in treatment: High rates of reports, removals at birth and children in care

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 31-37

  Taplin, Stephanie ^a   Mattick, Richard P ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Drug user; Maternal welfare; Mother; Opiate substitution therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTING; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION;

EID: 84921320516     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12165     Document Type: Article

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