Coexisting Child Neglect and Drug Abuse in Young Mothers: Specific Recommendations for Treatment Based on a Review of the Outcome Literature

Although perpetrators of child neglect often abuse illicit substances, treatment outcome evaluations in drug-abusing young mothers who have been found to neglect their children are conspicuously absent. Problem-solving interventions and family-based therapies that include skill acquisition component...

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Published in:Behavior modification 2004-03, Vol.28 (2), p.206-233
Main Author: Donohue, Brad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescents
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Behavior Therapy - methods
Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse - prevention & control
Child Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Child Neglect
Comorbidity
Drug Abuse
Drug addiction
Family Therapy - methods
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Intervention
Medical sciences
Mothers
Mothers - psychology
Outcomes of Treatment
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Substance abuse treatment
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - therapy
Therapy
Treatments
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Summary:Although perpetrators of child neglect often abuse illicit substances, treatment outcome evaluations in drug-abusing young mothers who have been found to neglect their children are conspicuously absent. Problem-solving interventions and family-based therapies that include skill acquisition components have demonstrated effectiveness in substance-abusing adolescents and child-neglecting mothers. The purpose of this article is (a) to review studies that have examined the relationship of drug abuse and child neglect, (b) to review clinical treatments that appear to be effective in both perpetrators of child neglect and drug-abusing adolescents, and (c) to integrate empirically validated drug abuse and child neglect interventions for use in adolescent mothers who have been found to abuse drugs and neglect their children.
ISSN:0145-4455
1552-4167
DOI:10.1177/0145445503259486