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1. Fathers was not initially identified as key objective for review, but our initial scoping plus discussions with the Advisory Group led to the decision to include it.
2. This was not initially identified as key objective for review, so a slightly different approach was taken to reviewing the literature. This involved searching the database using the terms 'father', 'fathers', 'fathering' and 'paternal' in the title field. This resulted in 123 hits, all reviewed at scoping level two.
3. The majority of work reviewed emanates from the USA, thus bringing bias to the topic under review, both in terms of its underpinning theoretical orientation (disease and medically oriented), and its treatment philosophy (abstinence oriented as opposed to harm reduction). This is also evident in the language used, which is grounded in medical ways of viewing addiction, particularly linked to alcohol ('alcoholism'), and in terms of viewing people as 'alcoholics,', drug addicts', 'children of alcoholics', and 'adult children of alcoholics'.

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