ABSTRACT

Children of Addiction reports important original research on the biological and psychological effects of addiction in children. The contributions are uniformly well written and reflect the larger social implications of the research undertaken. The book will be useful for a broad array of courses on alcoholism and/or drugs and behaviour in a variety of graduate level courses in education, medicine, psychology, psychiatry and public health and policy.

chapter 2|16 pages

Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Child Outcome

From Research to Public Policy

chapter 9|24 pages

Substance Use and Abuse Outcomes in Children of Alcoholics

From Adolescence to Young Adulthood