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According to a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 7.5 million or approximately 10% of all children younger than 18 years in the U.S. reside in families where one or both parents had an alcohol use disorder during the past year. These data are drawn from the 2005–2010 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. Most of these children (6.1 million) live in two-parent households, and the remainder (1.4 million) live in single-parent households (80% with a mother and 20% with a father).
Children who live with a parent with an alcohol use disorder are at increased risk for depression, anxiety disorders, deficiencies in cognitive and verbal skills, and parental abuse and neglect; they are four times more likely…