Can it ever be safe to leave children with dependent drinkers? Highlight from Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell A5

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Highlight from Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell A5 Can it ever be safe to leave children with dependent drinkers?
Relapse is common after treatment – so is it simply too risky to leave their children with the most severely problematic drinkers, even if they have done well in treatment? What mixtures of support and control have been tried, and how well did they work? Click button below to view the highlighted section of the cell.
Can it ever be safe?
A highlight from one of the 25 cells in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix, a staff development resource mapping seminal and key research and guidance on alcohol brief interventions and treatment.
Also see hot topics on supporting families and protecting children. “Succinct and erudite and written in relatively plain English for the non-cognoscenti. I am an extremely experienced commissioner and yet still find this resource [matrices] invaluable and insert it in service specifications.” Andrew MacDonald, PhD Researcher at Liverpool John Moores University and former drug and alcohol service commissioner, England More on the matrices: About the development and construction of the matrices Alcohol Treatment Matrix for brief interventions and treatment for problem drinking. Drug Treatment Matrix for harm reduction and treatment in relation to illegal drugs Share your discovery of the matrices by sending an email to your colleagues
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