Prevalence of Parental Substance-Abuse among Child Psychiatric Inpatients

Of 100 consecutive admissions to an acute child psychiatric facility in South Africa 43 bad at least one substance-abusing parent, while 10 children were from families in which both parents abused substances. 23 children received a diagnosis of depression, but no significant association was found between their diagnoses and parental substance-abuse status.

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Social worlds in collision: When policy meets policy on parental substance abuse

Children Australia ◽

10.1017/s1035077200007264 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 17-21

Author(s):

Margaret Hodge

Keyword(s):

Substance Abuse ◽

Child Abuse ◽

Child Protection ◽

Substance Misuse ◽

Substance Abusing ◽

Social Worlds ◽

Crucial Issue ◽

Drug Usage ◽

Parental Substance Abuse ◽

Abuse And Neglect

The risk of child abuse and neglect is higher in families where the parent(s) abuse substances, with the highest incidence in families where both parents abuse alcohol. The interplay between parental substance misuse and child maltreatment has become a crucial issue in statutory child protection work and consequently for those who work intensively with clients in their homes. Not all children of substance-abusing parents are ‘at risk’ of harm, however, and abstention from drug usage is not always a helpful treatment goal, nor indeed does it necessarily reduce the harm to a child under protective scrutiny.

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Sex Differences on the MMPI–2 Substance Abuse Scales in Psychiatric Inpatients

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1999.84.2.582 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 84 (2) ◽

pp. 582-584 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jane L. Wong ◽

Tricia M. Besett

Keyword(s):

Substance Abuse ◽

Sex Differences ◽

Substance Abusers ◽

False Negative ◽

Psychiatric Inpatients ◽

Substance Abusing ◽

Substance Abuse Scales ◽

Cutoff Scores ◽

Macandrew Alcoholism Scale ◽

Lower Cutoff

Sex differences on the MMPI–2 addiction scales (MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale–Revised, Addiction Acknowledgement Scale, Addiction Potential Scale) and their ability to distinguish between substance-abusing and nonabusing psychiatric inpatients were examined. Men obtained higher mean raw scores than women on the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale–Revised and the Addiction Acknowledgement Scale, and substance abusers scored higher on all three scales. Even relatively low cutoff scores, however, on the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale–Revised resulted in false negative rates of 37 to 39%. The results support the utility of the MMPI–2 substance abuse scales; however, lower cutoff scores should be used with women and within a psychiatric population.

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Parental Substance Abuse and Child Well-Being

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x08326225 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 341-370 ◽

Cited By ~ 67

Author(s):

Cynthia Osborne ◽

Lawrence M. Berger

Keyword(s):

Substance Abuse ◽

Child Outcomes ◽

Well Being ◽

Relative Magnitude ◽

Nonresident Fathers ◽

Substance Abusing ◽

Parental Substance Abuse ◽

Outcomes For Children ◽

And Behavior Outcomes ◽

And Behavior

Parental substance abuse is associated with adverse health and developmental outcomes for children. Existing research, however, has not fully explored the relative magnitude of the associations between maternal, paternal, and both parents' substance abuse and child outcomes, nor has it examined these associations in regard to substance abuse among nonresident fathers. We use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( N = 3,027) to explore these issues among a cohort of 3-year-old children. We find that children living with a substance-abusing parent are at considerable risk for poor health and behavior outcomes, that such risk is not moderated by parent gender, and that it is substantially larger when both parents have substance abuse problems. Moreover, children with substance-abusing fathers are at a potentially higher risk of health and behavior problems when their fathers live with them, although this risk is still substantial when they do not.

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Substance Abuse in Older Psychiatric Inpatients

SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice ◽

10.1024/0939-5911/a000476 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 63 (2) ◽

pp. 115-121 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tilman Wetterling ◽

Klaus Junghanns

Keyword(s):

Substance Abuse ◽

Substance Abusers ◽

Psychiatric Inpatient ◽

Psychiatric Inpatients ◽

Severe Withdrawal ◽

Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment ◽

Clinical Diagnoses ◽

Multiple Substance ◽

Icd 10 ◽

Substance Abuse Disorders

Abstract. Aim: This study investigates the characteristics of older patients with substance abuse disorders admitted to a psychiatric department serving about 250.000 inhabitants. Methods: The clinical diagnoses were made according to ICD-10. The data of the patients with substance abuse were compared to a matched sample of psychiatric inpatients without substance abuse as well as to a group of former substance abusers with long-term abstinence. Results: 19.3 % of the 941 patients aged > 65 years showed current substance abuse, 9.4 % consumed alcohol, 7.9 % took benzodiazepines or z-drugs (zolpidem and zopiclone), and 7.0 % smoked tobacco. Multiple substance abuse was rather common (30.8 %). About 85 % of the substance abusers had psychiatric comorbidity, and about 30 % showed severe withdrawal symptoms. As with the rest of the patients, somatic multimorbidity was present in about 70 % of the substance abusers. Remarkable was the lower rate of dementia in current substance abusers. Conclusion: These results underscore that substance abuse is still a challenge in the psychiatric inpatient treatment of older people.

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