Substance abuse treatment for persons with child abuse and neglect issues (Treatment improvement protocol)
by Judy Howard
Category: Self-Help

Child abuse and neglect pose an increasingly recognized and serious threat to the nation's children. Research suggests that adults with histories of child abuse and neglect are at high risk for developing substance abuse disorders. Moreover, these childhood abuse and neglect issues may negatively affect clients' chances for recovery from substance abuse. Moreover, substance-abusing parents are more likely to abuse their own children. The focus of this Treatment Improvement Protocol is the effects of childhood abuse and neglect perpetrated by family members and the intergenerational transmission of the cycle of substance abuse and child abuse and neglect.