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Peer reviewedUmbreit, John; Ostrow, Lisa S. – Mental Retardation, 1980
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a pattern of altered growth and morphogenesis found in about half the offspring of severely and chronically alcoholic women who continue drinking throughout their pregnancy. Of children studied, mild to moderate mental retardation was the most common disorder, occurring in 44 percent of the cases. (PHR)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Congenital Impairments, Drug Abuse, Exceptional Child Research
Download full textDavis, Terry S.; And Others – 1976
Alcoholic women living with their children are recognized as a treatment population needing special environmental support as part of their recovery. The Family Rehabilitation Coordinator Project is a pilot research and training effort to aid the recovery of alcoholic women and their children and families. Trainees work in the home of an alcoholic…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Billing, Lars; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1988
Psychosocial factors as possible predictive indicators for adjustment of four-year-old children whose mothers had used amphetamine during pregnancy were studied. Length of maternal alcohol and drug abuse was correlated negatively with the child's adjustment as were numbers of paternal criminal convictions and number of maternal stress factors.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alcoholism, Criminals, Drug Abuse
Fallon, Stacie Alexander – 1990
The effects of drug and alcohol use by pregnant women which concern state policymakers are discussed in this booklet. Topics discussed include: (1) the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome on infants and children, as well as the effects on children of drug use by mothers during pregnancy; (2) initiatives aimed at helping these children; (3) women…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Children, Drug Abuse
Peer reviewedBassuk, Ellen L.; Rosenberg, Lynn – American Journal of Public Health, 1988
Compares 49 homeless with 81 housed female-headed families in Boston. The following variables are examined: (1) general characteristics of mothers and children; (2) mother's childhood; (3) mother's relationships; and (4) mother's health/mental health status. Solutions to family homelessness include housing provision, income maintenance, and…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect
Direct linkFoley, Debra L.; Pickles, Andrew; Rutter, Michael; Gardner, Charles O.; Maes, Hermine H.; Silberg, Judy L.; Eaves, Lindon J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: It is not known if the prevalence of parental psychiatric disorders is higher in stepfather than intact families, or if parental alcoholism is differentially associated with risk for conduct disorder (CD) symptoms in stepfather families versus intact families. Method: The sample comprised 839 girls and 741 boys from 792 intact families…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Personality Problems, Family (Sociological Unit), Incidence
