Meeting Multiple Needs: Pregnancy, Parenting and Dual Diagnosis

New estimates of the number of children living with substance misusing parents: results from UK national household surveys

“…The potential for cumulative disadvantage for children living with adults with multiple problem behaviours is a particular concern as co-morbidity has been linked to less effective treatment engagement and additional difficulties in parenting [ 27 , 28 ]. Parental mental illness featured in one-third of 100 reviews of child deaths of abuse and neglect[ 29 ].…”