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Genders of Alcohol-Dependent Parents and Children Influence Psychopathology in the Children
No CommentsScientists already know that the children of alcohol-dependent (AD) individuals have a greater risk of developing a psychiatric illness, but the effects of gender on this risk are not well known. A new study has found that the effects of parental AD on a child’s psychopathology can be different, depending on both the gender of the AD parent and the gender of their child.
Results will be published in the October 2010 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Researchand are currently available at Early View.
Children’s voices. Experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues
No CommentsThe purpose of this paper is to give meaning and insight into some of the key drug and alcohol issues that affect children from the perspectives of the children themselves. It is not to estimate the relative magnitude of a specific drug or alcohol problem or the numbers of children affected by it. Each section of this paper is preceded by one or two key statistics and whilst the quotations that follow may highlight a need to develop more robust and detailed statistics on a key issue, the overriding objective is to give the children a voice.
The role of parents in preventing alcohol misuse: An Evaluation of the Kids, Adults Together Programme (KAT)
No CommentsA key influence on the timing of young people’s first alcohol use is the family (Spoth et al. 2002) and a number of substance misuse prevention programmes (mainly in the USA) have tried to influence families. Most are based in schools, which potentially provide an efficient way to reach large numbers of young people and their families (Bryan et al. 2006). However, in practice, school-based initiatives have not always managed to engage significant numbers of parents (Lloyd et al. 2000; Rothwell et al. 2009; Stead et al. 2007; Ward and Snow 2008).
A randomized trial of individual and couple behavioral alcohol treatment for women.
No CommentsAlcohol dependent women experienced more lasting improvements when couples-based therapy embedded therapeutic processes in a lasting relationship with a willing husband or partner, extending an impressive research portfolio for the therapy.
Pain and anger are the hidden burden for children with an alcoholic parent
No CommentsWhen Mary Smith pulled the car off the road to answer her mobile and hear the news of her father’s death, she felt just “a calm relief”.
“Really, I had lost my dad many years before. His mind had gone at least four years before,” said Smith (not her real name). “Sometimes I think about what we went through and I can’t quite believe that we got through it. There were a lot of bad times.”
Her father was an alcoholic who drank himself to death. All the help his young daughters and his wife tried to get him, from detox programmes, to rehab, to psychiatric sessions, had failed. “He chose to drink, and he chose that over us
