How soon is too soon? Addiction recovery and family reunification.
This article describes the addiction recovery process and its impact on parenting behaviors-information needed by child welfare workers involved in decisionmaking regarding family reunification. Two models of recovery-from alcoholism and from cocaine addiction-are reviewed, along with issues encountered in recovery, particularly for women. Case examples and discussion demonstrate how child welfare workers can apply these models in determining the appropriateness of reunification.
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School of Social Work, College of Health and Human Services, San Diego State University, CA 92182-4119, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003657:Decision Making; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012008:Recurrence; D012947:Social Work / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome