Wattenberg, EstherBauerkemper, KristenLaPointe, Mary Kaye2019-07-292019-07-292005https://hdl.handle.net/11299/205000Highlights from a forum presentation by Dee Wilson, Director of the Northwest Institute for Children and Families, School of Social Work, University of Washington. There has been little research on substance abuse and mental health co-occuring disorders in the field of child welfare. This paper attempts to understand how children fare in families enmeshed in long-standing, complex problems that severely limit their capacity to nurture and provide safety for children.enCenter for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)Child NeglectChild WelfareDrug AddictionMental IllnessParentingSubstance AbuseReport