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Mental health needs for children of parents seeking help for substance abuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anne E. Thompson  and
Richard Blennerhassett
Anne E. Thompson*
Affiliation:
Fleming Nuffield Unit for Children and Young People, Burdon Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 3AE
Richard Blennerhassett
Affiliation:
Northern Regional Alcohol and Drug Service, Plummer Court Carliol Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6UR
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A survey of 101 new attenders at a regional drug and alcohol service found that 46 adults had a total of 88 children at home. Twenty-three children were considered by their carers to show signs of emotional or behavioural disturbance. Difficulties had only been discussed with professionals in a minority of cases. Help for troubled children from primary care services was preferred to secondary services. Closer liaison between child psychiatry and primary health care workers should be considered.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , March 1996 , pp. 137 - 139
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