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My crazy parents
- Authors:
- MATTHEWS Morgan, (Director)
- Publisher:
- Minnow Films
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- (50 mins.), DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
For these documentary films, three families where one of the parents had mental health problems were filmed over a six month period. Often through the eyes of the children, the films show how the family is affected and how the children cope with traumatic situations. Issues covered include parents overdosing or repeatedly self-harming and children having to go repeatedly into care. As part of the process the families also filmed themselves to produce video diaries of their thoughts and experiences.
Modelling the contribution of changes in family life to time trends in adolescent conduct problems
- Authors:
- COLLISHAW Stephan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 65(12), December 2007, pp.2576-2587.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The past half-century has seen significant changes in family life, including an increase in parental divorce, increases in the numbers of lone parent and stepfamilies, changes in socioeconomic well being, and a decrease in family size. Evidence also shows substantial time trends in adolescent mental health, including a marked increase in conduct problems over the last 25 years of the 20th Century in the UK. The aim of this study was to examine how these two sets of trends may be related. To illustrate the complexity of the issues involved, the study focused on three well-established family risks for conduct problems: family type, income and family size. Three community samples of adolescents from England, Scotland and Wales were compared: 10,348 16-year olds assessed in 1974 as part of the National Child Development Study, 7234 16-year olds assessed in 1986 as part of the British Cohort Study, and 860 15-year olds assessed in the 1999 British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey. Parents completed comparable ratings of conduct problems in each survey and provided information on family type, income and size. Findings highlight important variations in both the prevalence of these family variables and their associations with conduct problems over time, underscoring the complex conceptual issues involved in testing causes of trends in mental health.
The wise mouse
- Author:
- IRONSIDE Virginia
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is an illustrated book for 5-11 year-olds who have a family member with a mental health problem.
The Choices Method: helping people take control of their mental health
- Author:
- DALLINGER Tim
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September/October 2015, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Helping people to understand what mental illness is and means to people who are affected by it can be difficult, but a set of resources has been developed by a person with bipolar disorder to help address the problem. The 'Choices Method' consists of a series of boards covering a range of mental health conditions which are designed to promote a free exchange of feelings and information between those experiencing mental illness and those supporting them. The method has been independently tested by a UK university and has been found to improve learning and knowledge retention as opposed to other methods. Future projects include the development of a board game for young carers which targets bullying and a board game for people with dementia which charts a day in the life of a person with dementia and those who care for them. (Edited publisher abstract)
Effects of home on the mental health of British forces serving in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Authors:
- MULLIGAN Kathleen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 201(3), September 2012, pp.193-198.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Most studies of the mental health of UK armed forces are retrospective. However, the Operational Mental Health Needs Evaluation (OMHNE) surveys of personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan took place during deployment. This study analyses the data collected to examine the influence of factors related to home and family life on the mental health of UK armed forces. A total of 2042 British forces personnel were included in the study. Prevalence of common mental disorders was assessed with the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and post-traumatic stress disorder with the PTSD Checklist – Civilian version (PCL-C). The prevalence of common mental disorders was 17.8% and of probable PTSD was 2.8%. Perceived home difficulties significantly influenced the mental health of deployed personnel in proportion to the degree of difficulty. This finding was independent of combat exposure and only partially mitigated by being well led and reporting subjectively good unit cohesion; however, the effect of the totality of home-front events was not improved by the latter. Poor perceived military support for the family had a detrimental impact on deployment mental health. The armed forces offer many support services to the families of deployed personnel and, it is suggested, ensuring that the efforts being made on their behalf are well communicated might improve the mental health of deployed personnel.
Keeping the family in mind
- Author:
- BARNARDO's
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 3 booklets, DVD
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
In the UK today, one in six adults is living with a mental health problem, most commonly anxiety or depression. Many of these adults are also parents whose children are living at home, in fact mental health problems are more common in adults who have dependent children, and lone parents are three times more likely than other parents to experience mental distress. The emotional wellbeing of parents can have a significant impact on children. In some families, parental distress can lead to children taking on responsibilities that would usually belong to adult family members: they become young carers.
Keeping the family in mind: a briefing on young carers whose parents have mental health problems
- Author:
- BARNARDO's
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
In the UK today, one in six adults is living with a mental health problem, most commonly anxiety or depression. Many of these adults are also parents whose children are living at home, in fact mental health problems are more common in adults who have dependent children, and lone parents are three times more likely than other parents to experience mental distress. The emotional wellbeing of parents can have a significant impact on children. In some families, parental distress can lead to children taking on responsibilities that would usually belong to adult family members: they become young carers.
Under pressure: the impact of caring on people supporting family members or friends with mental health problems
- Authors:
- PINFOLD Vanessa, CORRY Paul
- Publisher:
- Rethink
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- Kingston upon Thames
This report is based on findings from a large national survey of carers’ views carried out between November 2002 and February 2003. Under Pressure focuses on two principle questions: how has the mechanism introduced to provide carers with a gateway to statutory support, the carers’ assessment, been received?; and what helps carers to support their own health and well being?
Think child, think parent, think family
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This At a Glance summary presents key recommendations from the SCIE guide 'Think child, think parent, think family: a guide to parental mental health and child welfare'. The summary outlines the current policy and organisational context. It then makes key recommendations to improve services for families where a parent has a mental health problem in the areas of: screening, assessment, care planning, and care plan reviews. Recommendations for strategic changes are then provided.
Families and inequalities
- Authors:
- KIERNAN Kathleen, PHIMISTER Angus
- Publisher:
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 79
- Place of publication:
- London
This chapter explores the relationship between inequalities and families with children, examining whether there are discernible socio-economic gradients in the recent changes in partnership and parenthood behaviours. We also assess the extent to which these family developments and the attributes of the families in which children are born and reared contribute to disparities in their lives and their future life chances, with a particular focus on income, mental well-being, parenting and parental relationships. We draw on an extensive literature from a range of disciplines and provide new analyses where appropriate. Inequalities in children's lives begin at home. Parental socio-economic resources, parental mental well-being, parental relationships and quality of parenting create disparities between families, which have repercussions for children's development and their subsequent life chances. Key findings include: there are marked educational disparities to the changes in partnership and parenthood behaviour that have occurred over recent decades; a notable hallmark of British families is their greater fragility and complexity as compared with families in other western European countries; parental separation lowers the wellbeing of families and diminishes the resources available to children, with legacies that reverberate into adulthood; a rarely highlighted feature of family formation in the UK is the extent to which children are born to parents who are not living together at the time of the birth; family economic circumstances and parental mental wellbeing separately and collectively diminish the cognitive and emotional development of children in the early years; the quality of parenting substantially improves the odds of children living in disadvantaged circumstances performing better at school; a multitude of studies have shown that the most influential factor relating to family formation and dissolution and children's development is the educational attainment of their parents. Undoubtedly, improving education is fundamental, as it is a key backstory of parental legacies. But improving the lives of families also requires more current and direct policy interventions such as a reduction in child poverty, improvement to mental health services, and provision of parenting and relationship education and support. (Edited publisher abstract)