title: Resilience among youth growing up in substance-abusing families.
abstract: This article presents the Challenge Model, a new clinical paradigm for evaluating the children of alcoholics and other substance-abusing parents. Unlike traditional risk paradigms, the Challenge Model incorporates both the resilience and the vulnerabilities that can result from struggling with hardship early in life. A developmental vocabulary of strengths is provided for pediatricians to use in research, clinical thinking, and treatment and prevention efforts with COAs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wolin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wolin
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010372:Pediatrics; D010819:Physician's Role; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders