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Service to parents who abuse substances: Literature to inform a practice-research initiative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Lynda Campbell
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Abstract

Children of parents who abuse substances have become a concern of child protection agencies, family support services, family preservation services and increasingly of drug and alcohol treatment agencies. In the context of a formative evaluation of a specialised intensive family support service designed to address the needs of families at this interface, a literature review has been undertaken. From that review, themes relating to women as substance abusers, the children of substance abusers, and services to enhance parenting in these situations are reported. Implications for intensive home-based practice are identified.

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Children Australia , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , 1997 , pp. 19 - 27
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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