Scientific research about children of alcoholics

This afternoon I'm studying for an exam in psychology. I'm reading about some discouraging but important research results about a correlation between alcoholism among parents and children having an increased tendency towards developing behavioural problems like anti-social behaviour. 

There also seems to be a connection between anti-social behaviour among children and parents suffering from depression.

Then I start to think that for a child to, for example, an alcoholic father, there is a risk that the mother also develops depression because of the alcohol problems in the family. And that mix leads to an increased risk for emotional and behavioural problems for the child.

Once again do we see how the whole family is affected by the fact that one person has an addiction problem. And therefore, the whole family needs help!

What is your opinion on this? Share your thoughts in the comments!

/Carina

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Movie about alcoholism!

A fantastic movie about alcohol problems and how it affects the family is "When a man loves a woman" with Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia. If you haven't seen it, do that!
(Keep tissues close by...)

You can see a snippet here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa2g551rzWI&feature=related

Write in the comments what you thought about the movie! :-)

/Carina

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