Concerns of Parental Substance Abuse and Mental Health Problems Reported to Child Welfare Services-Testing a Moderated Mediation Model for Paths From Reports to Substantiated Concern and Service Provision.

Background: Parental mental health and substance abuse problems are found in reports of concern to child protection and welfare services. The aim of this study was first to investigate what characterized these reports and how they differed from reports with other types of concerns. Two hypotheses were tested.