Resources - Substance Use

• Drugs in the family: the impact on parents and siblings a study carried out by Marina Barnard at Glasgow University issued by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• ‘Information for parents’ leaflet for alcoholic parents produced by the National Association for Children Of Alcoholics (NACOA).
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders This report focuses on the adverse health impacts of alcohol consumption during pregnancy, and in particular the problem of FASD
• Growing up with Parents who misuse alcohol: Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Alcohol Concern. Highlights the negative effective that parents' chronic drinking can have on children's well being. Draws on current research.
• Parents Using Drugs website – as above, this also offers resources to parents, including key messages from children about how to support them.
• Problem drinking parents and their children: this is a new resource for professionals working with these families
• Working with families with alcohol, drug and mental health problems. This report focuses on the policies and practices that can promote integrated services to families. By Patricia Kearney, Enid Levin and Gwen Rosen. June 2003

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