Useful reading

Cleaver H, Unell I & Aldgate J (1999). Children’s Needs– Parenting Capacity. Impact of parental mental illness, problem alcohol and drug use, and domestic violence on children’s development. London; Stationery Office.

Evans D (2006). Children, Alcohol and Family Violence. In Harbin F & Murphy M (2006) (Eds). Secret lives: growing with substance. Working with children and young people affected by familial substance misuse. Lyme Regis; Russell House Publishing; p55-79.

Fals-Stewart et al. (2003).

Gorin S (2004). Understanding what children say. Children’s experiences of domestic violence, parental substance misuse and parental health problems. London National Children’s Bureau.

Malpique C et al. (1998). Violence and Alcoholism in the Family: How are the Children Affected? Alcohol and Alcoholism 33 (1); 42-46.

Ritter J et al. (2002). Effects of Childhood Exposure to Familial Alcoholism and Family Violence on Adolescent Substance Use, Conduct Problems, and Self-Esteem. Journal of Traumatic Stress 15 (2); 113-122.

Velleman R & Reuber D (2007). Domestic Violence and Abuse experienced by Children and  Young People living in Families with Alcohol Problems. Results from a Cross-European Study. ›› Download it here [in pdf]