Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 197-204 , April 2006

Substance-abusing mothers and disruptions in child custody: An attachment perspective

  • Nancy E. Suchman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Yale University Psychosocial Substance Abuse Research Center, VA-CT Healthcare Center (151D), 950 Campbell Ave., West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA. Tel.: +1 203 937 3486x7430; fax: +1 203 937 3472.
  • ,
  • Thomas J. McMahon, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
    • Yale University Child Study Center, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
  • ,
  • Heping Zhang, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
  • ,
  • Linda C. Mayes, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Yale University Child Study Center, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
  • ,
  • Suniya Luthar, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA

Received 23 January 2005 ,Revised 15 November 2005 ,Accepted 23 November 2005.

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PII: S0740-5472(05)00251-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.11.008

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 197-204 , April 2006