Effects of parental drug use on child development and mental health

integrative review

Abstract

Objective: to analyze publications dealing with the impact of drug use by parents on the development and mental health of children. Method: comprehensive Review in the Virtual Health Library and PUBMED, using the descriptors “Child development”, “Mental health”, “Parents”, “Mothers”, “Drug users” and “Child”. Results: the final sample totaled 11 articles on: neonatal effects of drug use by pregnant women and consequences of drug use on the cognitive, motor and psychosocial development of children. Conclusion: drug use by parents jeopardizes the child’s growth and development and can lead to behavioral and mental health problems, either because of direct consequences or because of indirect effects of the child’s consumption of these substances.