SynthesisAddiction (Abingdon, England)2022
The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions at reducing the frequency of alcohol and drug use in parents: findings of a Cochrane Review and meta-analyses.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Parental drug use disorders and youth psychopathology: Meta-analytic review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Pooled it
- The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions at reducing the frequency of alcohol and drug use in parents: findings of a Cochrane Review and meta-analyses.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Promoting Alcohol Reduction in Non-Treatment Seeking parents (PAReNTS): a pilot feasibility cluster randomized controlled trial of brief alcohol interventions with parents in contact with child safeguarding services.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2024Trial
- Recurrent care proceedings and use of services for substance use disorder: A retrospective linked data cohort study of mothers in South London.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- Reductions in substance use-related parenting behaviors after participation in a digitally delivered parenting intervention.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Parental Diseases of Despair and Suicidal Events in Their Children.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Maternal drinking, stress and use of aggressive parenting over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Article
- Family-Focused Prevention and Early Intervention of Substance Use in Pediatric Primary Care Settings.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2024Article
- Preserving Families of Children in Child Welfare with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Challenges and Opportunities.Child welfare · 2023Article
- Virtual Digital Psychotherapist App-Based Treatment in Patients With Methamphetamine Use Disorder (Echo-APP): Single-Arm Pilot Feasibility and Efficacy Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Article
- Parental Problem Drinking, Parent Emotion Socialization and Child Emotion Regulation.Journal of applied developmental psychologyArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimParental substance use is a major public health and safeguarding concern. There have been a number of trials examining interventions targeting this risk factor. We aimed to estimate the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions at reducing parental substance use.
designWe used systematic methods to identify trials; pooling data using a random-effects model. Moderator analyses examined influence of parent gender, presence of child in treatment and intervention type.
settingNo restrictions on setting.
participantsSubstance using parents of children below the age of 21 years.
interventionsPsychosocial interventions including those that targeted drug and alcohol use only, and drug and alcohol use in combination with associated issues. MEASUREMENTS: Frequency of alcohol use and frequency of drug use.
findingsWe included eight unique studies with a total of 703 participants. Psychosocial interventions were more effective at reducing the frequency of parental alcohol use than comparison conditions at 6-month [standardized mean difference (SMD) = - 0.32, 95% confidence interval (CI) = -0.51 to -0.13, P = 0.001] and 12-month follow-up (SMD = -0.25, 95% CI = -0.47 to -0.03, P = 0.02) and frequency of parental drug use at 12 months only (SMD = -0.21, 95% CI = -0.41 to -0.01, P = 0.04). Integrated interventions which combined both parenting and substance use targeted components were effective at reducing the frequency of alcohol use (6 months: SMD = -0.56, 95% CI = -0.96 to -0.016, P = 0.006; 12 months: SMD = -0.42, 95% CI = -0.82 to -0.03, P = 0.04) and drug use (6 months: SMD = -0.39, 95% CI = -0.75 to -0.03, P = 0.04; 12 months: SMD = -0.43, 95% CI = -0.80 to -0.07, P = 0.02). Interventions targeting only substance use or parenting skills were not effective at reducing frequency of alcohol or drug use at either time-point.
conclusionPsychosocial interventions should target both parenting and substance use in an integrated intervention.
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