Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 295-302 , October 2007

Drug-abusing fathers: Patterns of pair bonding, reproduction, and paternal involvement

  • Thomas J. McMahon, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. West Haven Mental Health Clinic, 270 Center St, West Haven, CT 06516. Tel.: +1 203 974 5950; fax: +1 203 974 5905.
    • ,
  • Justin D. Winkel, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
    • ,
  • Nancy E. Suchman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
    • ,
  • Bruce J. Rounsaville, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Received 26 August 2006 ,Revised 18 December 2006 ,Accepted 25 December 2006.

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 A preliminary report of this study was presented in August 1998 at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

PII: S0740-5472(07)00004-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2006.12.010

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 295-302 , October 2007

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