Information for Workers

Hidden Harm

Web Links

Home Office - Drugs

Hidden Harm: Responding to the needs of children of problem drug users, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Government Response to Hidden Harm: the report of an enquiry by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs

Hidden Harm Three Years On: ACMD Press Release (9 February 2007)

Hidden Harm Three Years On: Realities, Challenges and Opportunities (Full Document), 2007

Hidden Harm Three Years On: Realities, Challenges and Opportunities: Executive Summary ,2007

Adfam - the leading national organisation working with and for families affected by drugs and alcohol

Articles

No easy fix: The effects of addiction can lay whole families to waste. So why aren't we doing more for the relatives? Ursula Kenny meets the 'kin carers' picking up the pieces, Guardian, 2 Nov 2008

Suggested Reading

Hart, D and Powell, J, Adult Drug Problem, Children's Needs: Assessing the impact of parental drug use. National Children's Bureau 2006 (copies held by Drugs and Alcohol Team, SBC or available from NCB Books)