OBJECTIVE: Mental illness in parents affects the mental health of their children. A systematic
review and a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of interventions to prevent mental disorders …

Drug use represents a significant burden to public health through disease, disability and
social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop …

This article reviews findings from 46 randomized experimental trials of preventive parenting
interventions. The findings of these trials provide evidence of effects to prevent a wide range …

Random assignment was made of 182 clinically referred marijuana-and alcohol-abusing
adolescents to one of three treatments: multidimensional family therapy (MDFT), adolescent …

Debates about which policy initiatives can prevent or reduce the damage that illicit drugs
cause to the public good are rarely informed by scientific evidence. Fortunately, evidence …

Parental substance abuse is a serious problem affecting the well-being of children and
families. The co-occurrence of parental substance abuse and problematic parenting is …

Aim To review the literature on the impact of parental problem drug use on children, and
indicate the efficacy of key evaluated interventions to reduce the impact of parental drug use …

Behavioral couples therapy (BCT) sees the substance-abusing patient with the spouse to
arrange a daily “sobriety contract” in which the patient states his or her intent not to drink or …

Children with parents suffering from a psychiatric disorder are at higher risk for developing a
mental disorder themselves. This systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized …

Just 15 years ago, Liddle and Dakof (Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1995; 21, 511)
concluded, based on the available evidence, that family therapy represented a “promising …