Caring for Children Exposed to Parental Substance Misuse : Implications for Family Placement

Increased awareness of the effects on children of drugs, alcohol and other substances used by parents, especially mothers during pregnancy, has raised some searching questions. Accessibly written for the non-medical reader, this book considers the impact - psychological, social, behavioural and genetic - on children exposed to parental substance abuse and tackles the challenges posed in parenting children damaged in this way.