FAMILIES

Links on the Internet to sites with information about family problems as a result of problem drinking. Some sites also give advice on how to handle alcohol-related family problems.

Alcohol Concern
Factsheet: Children of problem drinking parents
This factsheet looks at the effects of living with a problem drinking parent and examines alcohol’s role in troubled families and shows how the negative consequences of problem drinking extend well beyond the drinker.
Factsheet: Alcohol and the Family
Background information on the effects alcohol can have on families.

Contemporary Paediatrics
When Parents Have A Drinking Problem
Children of alcoholics are at risk for problems ranging from serious medical conditions to psychosocial difficulties. This article also gives advice to paediatricians on how to address parental problems. (January 2001)

Eurocare
Alcohol Problems in the Family: A Report to the European Union
A joint project of Eurocare and COFACE (Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union).(473Kb pdf file)

European Network for Children Affected by Risky Environments Within the Family (ENCARE)
Website
ENCARE is a European project, founded to help professionals tackle the problems faced by children who live in risky family environments. The first risky environment to be considered is families where parents have problems with alcohol

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Alcohol Problems in Intimate Relationships: Identification and Intervention
A guide for marriage and family therapists. June 2003 

Scottish Government
Supporting families and carers of drug users
This guide provides a framework for measuring the success of services provided to families and
carers of drug users.It is aimed at anyone involved in commissioning, planning, developing, providing and evaluating services to support families and carers. Although the guide focuses on evaluating services supporting families of drug users ,it is also relevant for evaluating services supporting families of people affected by alcohol problems.
Getting our Priorities Right: Good Practice Guidance for working with Children and Families affected by Substance Misuse
This document includes sections on deciding when children need help, working together to tackle problems, sharing information & confidentiality, strengthening services for families, building strong inter-agency partnerships, legal framework, checklist for information to be collected, substance misuse in pregnancy, blood-borne viruses, useful agencies and websites

University of Bath: The Family Alcohol Service
Evaluation Report on the Family Alcohol Service
A Report of the evaluation of the pilot Family Alcohol Service (FAS) which provides services for families affected by alcohol across London and nationally. February 2004

US Department of Health - National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
Protecting Children in Substance-Abusing Families
Parental substance abuse is recognized as a factor in cases of child maltreatment. Children who reside in households in which alcohol is abused may suffer harm in a variety of ways. Additionally, professionals need to be informed about the various substances of abuse and their effects on adult behaviour, child development, and parenting. They need to be knowledgeable about the nature of substance abuse and the chronic, often relapsing nature of this disorder. Topics in this manual also include identification and assessment, special risks, reporting, and legal intervention.