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Mental health needs for children of parents seeking help for substance abuse

Fleming Nuffield Unit for Children and Young People, Burdon Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 3AE

Richard Blennerhassett, Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry, formerly Senior Registrar in Psychiatry

Northern Regional Alcohol and Drug Service, Plummer Court, Carliol Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6UR

^* Correspondence

A survey of 101 new attenders at a regional drug and alcohol service found that 46 adults had a total of 88 children at home. Twenty-three children were considered by their carers to show signs of emotional or behavioural disturbance. Difficulties had only been discussed with professionals in a minority of cases. Help for troubled children from primary care services was preferred to secondary services. Closer liaison between child psychiatry and primary health care workers should be considered.