Twomey Jean E
Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, 50 Holden Street, Providence, RI 02908, USA.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2007 Oct;77(4):563-72. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.4.563.
The role fathers play in families affected by perinatal substance use largely has been unexamined. It is difficult to reconcile this peripheral role assigned to the fathers of substance-exposed infants as the importance of fathers in the lives of children and of partners in the lives of substance-using women has become better appreciated. In this article, case presentations of families in which both parents were substance users illustrate the complexities and diverse trajectories of relationships between perinatal substance users and their children's fathers. An examination of families' lives can be used to better understand the challenges they face, stimulate further discussion about how partners of perinatal substance users can be conceptualized as fathers, and consider the impact they have in the lives of their children and their children's mothers. Discussion of case studies can yield increased knowledge about the role of fathers in the lives of families affected by perinatal substance abuse. This will lead to better-informed treatment interventions, research, and public policy.
父亲在受围产期物质使用影响的家庭中所扮演的角色，在很大程度上尚未得到审视。鉴于人们越来越认识到父亲在孩子生活中的重要性以及伴侣在使用物质的女性生活中的重要性，将物质暴露婴儿的父亲置于这种边缘角色是难以协调的。在本文中，父母双方均为物质使用者的家庭案例展示了围产期物质使用者与其孩子父亲之间关系的复杂性和多样轨迹。审视这些家庭的生活有助于更好地理解他们所面临的挑战，激发关于如何将围产期物质使用者的伴侣视为父亲的进一步讨论，并思考他们在孩子及其母亲生活中所产生的影响。对案例研究的讨论能够增加对父亲在受围产期物质滥用影响的家庭生活中角色的了解。这将带来更明智的治疗干预措施、研究和公共政策。
