Trends in substance use among child welfare-involved parents during the COVID-19 pandemic
The rise in substance-involved cases early in the pandemic corroborates national trends, with cannabis use notably driving this change, suggesting that parents may have used substances to cope. The high prevalence of polysubstance use highlights the need for targeted treatment programs and policy interventions for parental substance use.
Authors
- Bridget Freisthler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6993-4838)
- Elinam Dellor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7608-6029)
- Yun Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8134-5657)
Institutions
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Published
- 2025-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107487
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31