Children whose Parents have Drug Addiction

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Children whose Parents have Drug Addiction

• Professor Fatma Öz
• Hacettepe University
• Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department
• Head of Psychiatric Nursing Dept
• Ankara-TURKEY

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Drug addiction

• is accepted as a multifactorial family desease
  in current.
• Getting sick of the one of the family members
  effect negatively other members, thus whole
  family system is effected.

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• Person who is drug addict is parent
• can be disruptions on the managing of family
  functioning, the attending roles and
  responsibilities.

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• If this condition is chronic
• family system is effected negatively and
  family process is damaged.

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• Children and adolescents of addiction parents
  comprise a vulnerable groups.

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• Especially, children growing in this
  functional environment are a group having risks
  in point of view mental health.

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• Children must cope with the direct effects of
  addiction in family,
• as well as dealing with the inconsistent
  environment,
• and their own struggle for identity at this
  particular developmental stage.

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• In addition, adolescents who grow up with
  family addiction learn to discount their own
  needs, so that they can fulfil the roles in the
  family vacated by the adults.

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• As a consequence of these family dynamics,
  developmental tasks of adolescents are often
  accelerated or delayed.
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• Their parents addiction is the central fact of
  their lives.

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• Their thoughts, feelings, personalities and
  behaviors are influenced.

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• Many dont get the nurturing and safety that
  is needed from families.
• Instead they must contend with shame, fear,
  anger, insecurity, denial, abandonment, and
  neglect.

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• Children are often reluctant to come forward
  and discuss a parents addiction ,
• for fear of betraying their parent and fear of
  possible rejection, abandonment, or punishment.
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• They are also at risk for serious neglect and,
  in some cases violence, ensest
• and their lives and household routines can be
  severely disrupted as a result of their
  parentsaddiction.
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• Children are at risk for conduct disorders
  and delinguency,
• use and abuse of substance in adolescence,
• anxiety disorders and
• impaired physical health.

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• A child growing up in family where substance is
  abused is
• vulnerable to self-esteem issues,
• depression,
• stress-reated illness, and
• difficulties in school.

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• These adolescents are also at risk for
  suicide,
• eating disorder and teen pregnancy.

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In study determining on mental and fhysical
development in the children was tasted

• Children of alcoholic parents had retarded
  mental development and showed behavioral problems
  until 4 years of age than controls. Boys were
  found to be more vulnerable than girls. The
  consequences of behavior seemed to be more
  pronounced when both parents were alcoholics. No
  obvious deviation was found when only the father
  was addicted. (Nordberg,Rydelius,Zetterström 1994
  Acta Paediatr Suppl 40414-8)

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• These children have been referred to as the
  forgotten children

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• Children cant explain anger,
• fear,
• misunderstanding,
• being hurt and
• guiltiness sensations.

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• These children are insufficient in
  self-confidence.
• Children try to deal with these traumas in some
  ways.

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Examples

• Brave children undertaking the responsibilities
  of other members
• Mascots taking the responsibility of softening of
  traumatic condition
• Lost children not seen by someone and attracted.

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• The psychosomatic symptoms such as
• headach,
• Sleeplessness,
• Learning disabilities,
• Depression,
• Sexual deviation,
• Antisocial behaviors can develop.

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In study determining on perceptions of
adolescents living with parental alcoholism

• Four significant themes emerged from data. These
  are
• The nightmare
• The lost dream
• The dichotomies
• The awakening
• (Murray 1998 Journal of Psychiatric and Mental
  Health Nursing 5,525-34)

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These families are cured in different ways

• These are
• Rol playing,
• Drawing pictures,
• Using puppet,
• Psychodrama
• These methods are utilized for easing to explain

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• Children are made consulting by program based
  families and schools about effective
  communication and coping with problems.

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• Beeing health adult is provided and building
  of health community is contributed

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