➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: AAP encourages pediatricians to screen for parental substance abuse
Healio – July 19, 2015
Pediatricians are encouraged to screen their patients’ parents for substance abuse, be alert for symptoms of child abuse or neglect, monitor children for developmental and academic delays and be familiar with mandatory reporting requirements for suspected neglect or abuse, according to an AAP clinical report. Report: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/07/14/peds.2016-1575
http://www.healio.com/pediatrics/practice-management/news/online/%7B5feb7464-23dd-477f-ad2e-3ad796799808%7D/aap-encourages-pediatricians-to-screen-for-parental-substance-abuse