Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-241) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Methamphetamine misuse in sociocultural context -- Introduction -- History and epidemiology -- The research program -- Narrative of a rural child welfare professional -- Methamphetamine-involved families -- Recovering mothers' experiences and perspectives -- Knowledgeable adults' experiences and perspectives -- Children's experiences and perspectives -- Children's psychological functioning -- Narrative of a midwestern psychiatrist -- Meeting the mental health needs of rural children in foster families -- Conceptual and empirical bases of life story intervention for rural foster children -- Implementing life story intervention -- Children's responses to Life Story Intervention -- Narrative of a community clinician -- The value of the case in evidence-based social work.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This text follows a case in rural Illinois, where in the mid-1990s methamphetamine production & misuse became a big problem &, as a result, child welfare professionals saw an influx of children whose parents were involved with the drug. This is an account of the problems the children faced, and of the efforts to help them.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Children of methamphetamine-involved families.
International Standard Book Number
9780195326055
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Children of drug addicts-- Illinois-- Social conditions.
Drug addicts-- Family relationships-- Illinois.
Methamphetamine abuse-- Illinois.
Methamphetamine-- Illinois.
Rural children-- Illinois-- Social conditions.
Rural children-- Services for-- Illinois.
Drug addicts-- Family relationships.
Methamphetamine abuse.
Methamphetamine.
Rural children-- Services for.
Rural children-- Social conditions.
SELF-HELP-- Substance Abuse & Addictions-- Drug Dependence.