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Project helps young families break mental health cycle
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 21.2.12, 2012, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
Briefly describes the project Little Minds Matter, which operates in Portsmouth to reduce the risk of children developing mental health problems by working with new and expectant mothers who have mental health needs. The project, funded from Portsmouth City Council's children's centre budget and supported by Solent NHS trust, uses specialist infant mental health professionals who work intensively with parents and babies to reduce the risk of health problems. The ultimate aim is also to get families to reintroduce families to children's centres and other services.
Care plans for families affected by parental mental illness
- Authors:
- REUPERT Andrea E., GREEN Kirsten T., MAYBERY Daryl J.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 89(1), January 2008, pp.39-43.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
The process of establishing care plans for families affected by parental mental illness in Australia is outlined in this article. Based on the feedback of families involved, the original objective of developing crisis plans was broadened to incorporate “care” components. Accordingly, family care plans included planning for possible future crises, such as a parent’s hospitalization, as well as long-term goals, for example, education plans for the children. It was found that identifying both crisis and care components enhanced existing social supports within the family and involved pre-negotiating and coordinating agency supports for family members. The general principles and basic components of family care plans are outlined, and the implications for workers’ roles conclude the article.
Keeping it in the family
- Authors:
- LOVE Steve, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.10.01, 2001, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A multidisciplinary panel considers the case of a young child whose mother is unable to care for her when she is in hospital.
A multi-family group intervention for adolescent depression: the BEST MOOD Program
- Authors:
- POOLE Lucinda A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Family Process, 56(2), 2017, p.317–330.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Depression is the most common mental disorder for young people, and it is associated with educational underachievement, self-harm, and suicidality. Current psychological therapies for adolescent depression are usually focused only on individual-level change and often neglect family or contextual influences. The efficacy of interventions may be enhanced with a broader therapeutic focus on family factors such as communication, conflict, support, and cohesion. This article describes a structured multi-family group approach to the treatment of adolescent depression: Behaviour Exchange Systems Therapy for adolescent depression (BEST MOOD). BEST MOOD is a manualised intervention that is designed to address both individual and family factors in the treatment of adolescent depression. BEST MOOD adopts a family systems approach that also incorporates psychoeducation and elements of attachment theories. The programme consists of eight multifamily group therapy sessions delivered over 2 hours per week, where parents attend the first four sessions and young people and siblings join from week 5. The programme design is specifically aimed to engage youth who are initially resistant to treatment and to optimise youth and family mental health outcomes. This article presents an overview of the theoretical model, session content, and evaluations to date, and provides a case study to illustrate the approach. (Edited publisher abstract)
Maternal and paternal filicide: case studies from the Australian Homicide Project
- Authors:
- ERIKSSON Li, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 25(1), 2016, pp.17-30.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Data drawn from the Australian Homicide Project were used to examine whether and how maternal and paternal filicide perpetrators differ in terms of motivations for filicide and childhood and adulthood adversities. In addition, key differences between filicide and non-filicide perpetrators were examined. Data were collected across a number of states and territories in Australia between 2010 and 2013 through interviews with 231 men and women convicted of murder or manslaughter. Of these participants, 14 had perpetrated filicide. Detailed information on the developmental background of the perpetrators, as well as motives and situational contexts of the homicide incidents, was gathered through the interviews. Findings from the current study reveal some important gender differences among filicide perpetrators. For example, filicidal fathers are more likely to perpetrate accidental filicide, and to report unemployment, alcohol and drug problems and previous engagement in child abuse, while filicidal mothers are more likely to perpetrate altruistic or neglectful filicide, and to report mental health problems. In addition, male filicide perpetrators report a greater number of adversities compared to male non-filicide perpetrators, while female filicide perpetrators display fewer adversities compared to their non-filicide counterparts. (Publisher abstract)
Survivors' voices: breaking the silence on living with the impact of child sexual abuse in the family environment
- Author:
- ONE IN FOUR
- Publisher:
- One in Four
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 48
- Place of publication:
- London
Using first-hand accounts, this report illustrates the effects suffered by people who were sexually abused as children in the family environment. In the report, adult survivors describe the long-term impact that childhood sexual abuse in the family environment has had on their lives and what has helped them to survive. The narratives demonstrates how sexual abuse in childhood can be associated with long-term conditions such as eating disorders, self-harm, addiction to alcohol or drugs, and mental illness including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicidal thoughts and behaviour. Many survivors also end up in the criminal justice system through the misuse of alcohol and drugs, causing significant costs to society. To draw out the key themes an analysis of the individual narratives was carried out. Themes discuss the impact on the survivor, their families; the professional responses; and also include a list of survivors’ recommendations. Recommendations include: improve the training of health-related professionals; improve referral pathways for survivors to ensure they are directed to specialist agencies; and the involvement of survivors and survivor organisations in the training of professionals and service development. The report will be useful for policy-makers, healthcare professionals and social workers to help them to understand what it means to have been sexually abused as children by a relative or close family friend. (Edited publisher abstract)
Feeling down: improving the mental health of people with learning disabilities.
- Author:
- BURKE Christine-Koulla
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is aims to raise awareness among policy makers, commissioners and health and social care services and promote positive mental health of people with learning disabilities. It draws on a literature review, a national survey and focus groups, and real life case studies. The report begins by providing the context of the mental health needs of people with learning disabilities, drawing on the findings of a literature review. It then presents the results from a national survey and focus groups which look at the experiences of people with learning disabilities, their families, friends and staff when accessing support for their mental well-being. The final sections of the report provide recommendations for improving the mental health of people with learning disabilities. The report found that people with learning disabilities experience high levels of mental health problems. It also found that access to mental health services, assessment and treatment for this group needs to be improved. (Edited publisher abstract)
It always comes down to money: recent changes in service provision to disabled children, young people and their families in Scotland
- Authors:
- STALKER Kirsten, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 101
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This report examines changes in the availability and accessibility of publicly-funded services for families with disabled children over the past two years. The research covers local authority services, voluntary sector service providers, and health services and professions allied to medicine. It includes children and young people aged 1-20 with a wide range of impairments including mental distress. The research is broadly based on a social model of disability, while also taking account of the day-to-day implications of impairment and the significance of personal experience. The report includes three case studies illustrative of changes resulting from reduced support to children with complex needs. (Edited publisher abstract)
The Wellfamily service
- Author:
- de PAEZTRON Rose
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 10(2), June 2005, pp.19-22.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Provides an insight into the Family Welfare Association's Wellfamily service, that is designed to support the problems of users and their families in a non-stigmatising way . The article includes a summarised evaluation of the service and case examples. It also highlights future development plans.
Intergenerational resilience in families affected by war, displacement, and migration: “It runs in the family”
- Authors:
- DENOV Myriam, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Family Social Work, 22(1), 2019, pp.17-45.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article argues for an expansion of the focus on resilience as a characteristic of the individual to one of resilience as a familial and intergenerational experience. Drawing upon a case study of a young person’s tumultuous journey from war to refuge, the authors explore the impact, challenges, and opportunities inherent within the context of war-induced flight, migration, and resettlement, with special attention to individual, family and intergenerational resilience. The authors demonstrate that in the face of adversity and loss, war-affected families do not only run from war, but are also able to repair, grow, and even pass down their adaptive capacities from the “recovery repertoire” to the next generation. Given the capacity for intergenerational resilience, it is the authors’ contention that interventions and practices aimed to support the psychosocial well-being of war-affected children must therefore consider the prominence of not only daily stressors, but also protective factors at each level of youth’s socioecological system to bolster resilience. Additionally, the authors argue that social work practice and interventions must broaden service options to include attention to caregiver mental health along with the mental health of the war-affected child to capture the complexities of the intergenerational transmission of both trauma and resilience. (Edited publisher abstract)