Substance Use & Substance Use Disorders (SUD)

By Jon Morgenstern1, Annette Riordan2, Barbara S. McCrady3, Katharine H. McVeigh3, Kimberly A. Blanchard1, Thomas W. Irwin1

Teen Risk-Taking: A Statistical Portrait by Laura Duberstein Lindberg Scott Boggess Laura Porter Sean Williams June 2000

In a field where difficult decisions are made every day, child welfare workers face particular dilemmas when working with the extremely troubled families whose complex and multiple problems include both substance abuse and child maltreatment.  Central to their challenge is that addiction to alcohol and other drugs can be a chronic, relapsing disorder and recovery can be a long term process

A Report to Congress on Substance Abuse and Child Protection Department of Health and Human Services

This report was prepared by Clifford Goodman, Roy Ahn, Rick Harwood, Deborah Ringel, Kareen Savage, Daniel Mendelson, and Robert Rubin of The Lewin Group. Other staff that contributed to the report included Ansari Ameen, Dawn Bartoszewicz, Timothy Field, Doug Fountain, and George Steinfels of The Lewin Group.

Final report Prepared under Contract HHS-100-95-0036 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

PATTERNS OF SUBSTANCE USE AND SUBSTANCE-RELATED IMPAIRMENT AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN THE AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN PROGRAM (AFDC)  

RISK AND REALITY: THE IMPLICATIONS OF PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS By Joanne P. Brady, Marc Posner, Cynthia Lang and Michael J. Rosati The Education Development Center, Inc. 1994.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services