Alcohol Problems in the Family
A Report to the European Union (English Version)

Contents

• Members of the working party
• Introduction
• Alcohol Problems in the Family
• The nature of alcohol problems
• The scale of the problem
• Families as a cause of alcohol problems
• Alcohol as a cause of family problems
• What is being done?
• Treatment and prevention
• What should be done?
• Conclusions and recommendations

Appendices

• 1 - COFACE recommendations
• 2 - UN convention on the rights of the child
• 3 - Alcohol dependence, alcohol abuseand alcohol-related disabilities
• 4 - Legal drinking ages in EU countries
• 5 - Childcare services - Alcohol Recovery Project (UK)
• 6 - Per capita alcohol consumption in EU countries
• 7 - Marriage, divorce and family composition in EU countries

• Eurocare and Coface