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Heavy drinking in parents tied to health problems in children: Study

Hina ZahidBy Hina ZahidPublished On 2021-08-13T09:00:23+05:30  |  Updated On 2021-08-13T09:00:37+05:30
Heavy drinking in parents tied to health problems in children: Study

Children of parents who drink heavily experience a range of poor outcomes, called "alcohol's harms to others."Denmark: Children of parents who indulge in heavy drinking are at greater risk for serious injuries or illness, mental health disorders, and criminal behavior, according to findings from a recent analysis. The research, published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, is...

Children of parents who drink heavily experience a range of poor outcomes, called "alcohol's harms to others."

Denmark: Children of parents who indulge in heavy drinking are at greater risk for serious injuries or illness, mental health disorders, and criminal behavior, according to findings from a recent analysis. 

The research, published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, is a review of data from 91 studies, 79 of which focused on the effects of heavy parental drinking on children. The data showed that offspring of parents who consume large amounts of alcohol are more likely to develop mental health problems compared with those of parents who are healthy drinkers. 

Children whose mothers drink heavily are also at increased risk for mood disorders such as depression and for stress-related conditions such as anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder as well as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, the researchers said.

Several studies also suggest that children of parents who drink heavily are more likely to engage in criminal activity, have difficulty finding work as they age and become victims of violent crime, according to the researchers.

"Within the last 10 years, there has been an expansion of research on consequences that extend beyond the drinker," the researchers, from Aarhus University in Denmark, wrote.

"Although some studies show that harm because of strangers' drinking may be more prevalent, harms caused by close relations, such as household family members and friends, maybe more severe and distressing," they said.

About one in five children in the United States have lived with an alcoholic relative, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry estimates.

Growing up in such an environment has been linked with an increased risk for emotional problems as well as alcohol use disorder, or unhealthy drinking, according to the academy.

Most studies on the harm that drinking can cause to family members have relied on surveys, the researchers said.

This means that they are relying on parents to report any harms to children themselves, and these parents may, in fact, be under-reporting harms occurring to children in their own household, they said.

However, the 91 studies included in this analysis were designed to assess the effects of parental alcohol consumption on children based on hospital and other centralized records, so-called register-based studies, according to the researchers.

This allowed "more serious, persistent and rare outcomes" to be assessed "from birth through adolescence and beyond," the researchers said.

Based on the findings of the included studies, children of parents who drink heavily experience a range of poor outcomes, called "alcohol's harms to others," they said.

These include mental health disorders in childhood, infant or child mortality and later being convicted of a crime, the data showed.

The children are also more likely to have lower academic achievement, experience abuse or neglect, and be placed in foster care, according to the researchers.

"The findings from the current review are generally consistent with previous reviews of largely non-register-based studies, which demonstrate increased psychosocial problems among children exposed to parental substance use," they wrote.

Reference:

The study titled, "How Do Register-Based Studies Contribute to Our Understanding of Alcohol's Harms to Family Members? A Scoping Review of Relevant Literature," is published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

DOI: https://www.jsad.com/doi/10.15288/jsad.2021.82.445


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Source : Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
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    Hina Zahid Joined Medical Dialogue in 2017 with a passion to work as a Reporter. She coordinates with various national and international journals and association and covers all the stories related to Medical guidelines, Medical Journals, rare medical surgeries as well as all the updates in the medical field. Email: editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751

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