Advances in Dual Diagnosis: Volume 7 Issue 1

Opioid dependence and intimate partner violence: associations with the current parenting behavior of fathers

Carla Smith Stover, Thomas J. McMahon

Because the concurrent nature of chronic drug abuse (DA) and intimate partner violence (IPV) is frequently ignored in research examining the correlates of the two conditions, the…

Substance misuse, mental health problems and recurrent child maltreatment

Anne-Marie Laslett, Robin Room, Paul Dietze

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the diagnosis of both carers’ mental health problems and substance misuse increase the likelihood of recurrent child maltreatment…

I worry when […] insights into dual diagnosis from those who treat mothers misusing alcohol

Sally Marlow

Alcohol misuse and mental health problems in parents are both known to contribute to impaired outcomes in children, although little is known about the specific parenting…

Maritime City: using serious gaming to deliver child protection training

Jonathon Davies

The purpose of this paper is to discuses the development and application of Maritime City, a developing virtual urban community created by the University of Greenwich to…

Improving information sharing in safeguarding: MASH in London

Jeanne King, Richard Henson, Ian Dean, Briony Ladbury, Florence Ogunyankin, Nigel Boulton, Richard Carthew, Rory Patterson and Ian Smith

Safeguarding and dual diagnosis: the UK situation

Gail Gilchrist