Parental drug abuse and alcoholism have an enormously detrimental impact on children and adolescents. Children whose parents suffer from drug abuse or alcoholism often face multiple physical, mental, and behavioral issues. They are at a greater risk for depression, anxiety, low self esteem, and addiction, and also are known to have poor school attendance, difficulty concentrating, and lower IQ scores.\\This book offers health care practitioners proactive programs and innovative strategies to use with this vulnerable population. Taking a comprehensive, life course approach, the authors discuss the implications and interventions at the prenatal stage, through childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and adulthood. With this book, social workers and health care practitioners can help assess and intervene with children of substance abusing parents.--Publisher description.

Conclusion.Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner -- Christine Huff Fewell -- Wendy K.K. Lam, Timothy J. O'Farrell -- Elizabeth C. Pomeroy, Danielle E. Parrish -- Jeannette L. Johnson, Jan Gryczynski, Jerry Moe -- Judy Fenster -- Tian Dayton -- Iris E. Smith -- Alissa Mallow -- Ellen R. Morehouse -- David F. Venarde, Gregory J. Payton -- Audrey L. Begun, Susan J. Rose -- Christopher H. Acker, Claudia Narvèz-Meza, Peter X. -- Conceptual overview of theory and practice. -- Children of substance-abusing parents : an overview / -- Attachment and mentalizing perspective on children of substance-abusing parents / -- Dynamics of substance-abusing families and implications for treatment / -- Issues across the life span of children of substance abusing parents. -- Prenatal impact of alcohol and drugs on young children : implications for interventions with children and parents / -- Treatment issues and interventions with young children and their substance-abusing parents / -- Treatment issues and interventions with adolescents from substance-abusing families / -- Treatment issues and psychodrama interventions with adults who grew up with substance-abusing parents / -- Programs for intervention across the life span settings. -- Prevention and intervention programs for pregnant women who abuse substances / -- Programs for young children with substance-abusing parents / -- Programs for adolescent children of substance-abusing parents in school and residential settings / -- Interventions with college students with substance-abusing parents / -- Programs for children of parents incarcerated for substance-related problems / -- Stories from the inside : life as a child of a substance-abusing parent / PART I: CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF THEORY AND PRACTICE -- Children of Substance-Abusing Parents: An Overview -- An Attachment and Mentalizing Perspective on Children of Substance-Abusing Parents -- Dynamics of Substance-Abusing Families and Implications for Treatment PART II: ISSUES ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN OF CHILDREN OF SUBSTANCE-ABUSING PARENTS -- Prenatal Impact of Alcohol and Drugs on Young Children: Implications for Interventions With Children and Parents -- Treatment Issues and Interventions With Young Children and Their Substance-Abusing Parents 101 -- Treatment Issues and Interventions With Adolescents From Substance-Abusing Families -- Treatment Issues and Psychodrama Interventions With Adults Who Grew Up With Substance-Abusing Parents -- PART III: PROGRAMS FOR INTERVENTION ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN AND SETTINGS -- Prevention and Intervention Programs for Pregnant Women Who Abuse Substances -- Programs for Young Children With Substance-Abusing Parents -- Programs for Adolescent Children of Substance-Abusing Parents in School and Residential Settings -- Interventions With College Students With Substance-Abusing Parents -- Programs for Children of Parents Incarcerated for Substance-Related Problems -- PART IV: CONCLUSION -- Stories From the Inside: Life as the Child of a Substance-Abusing Parent.