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.
Preface vii Contributors xi List of Tables and Figures xiii Are There Dose Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure on Childrens Bodies and Brains? 1(28) Deborah A. Frank Marilyn Augustyn Mark Mirochnick Tripler Pell Barry S. Zuckerman Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Child Outcome: From Research to Public Policy 29(16) Linda L. LaGasse Barry M. Lester Parenting and Parent-Child Relationships in Families Affected by Substance Abuse 45(24) Sydney Lynn Hans Assessing Vulnerability to Moderate Levels of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure 69(22) Sandra W. Jacobson Joseph L. Jacobson The Teratologic Model of the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure 91(18) Nancy L. Day Gale A. Richardson The Clinical and Social Ecology of Childhood for Children of Alcoholics: Description of a Study and Implications for a Differentiated Social Policy 109(34) Robert A. Zucker Hiram E. Fitzgerald Susan K. Refior Leon I. Puttler Diane M. Pallas Deborah A. Ellis American Indian Children of Alcoholics 143(22) Paul Spicer Candace Fleming Alcohol and Drug Use among African-American Youth 165(28) H. Elaine Rodney Substance Use and Abuse Outcomes in Children of Alcoholics: From Adolescence to Young Adulthood 193(24) Laurie Chassin Aaron Belz Author Index 217(16) Subject Index 233
Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Barry M. Lester, Barry Zuckerman
