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Caring for children of parents with mental health problems - a venture into historical and cultural processes in Europe
- Authors:
- SOLANTAUS Tytti, PURAS Dainius
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 12(4), November 2010, pp.27-36.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article discusses the European initiative Work Package 5 (WP5), a part of the CAMHEE programme, which was designed to bring children and families with parental mental illness onto the European agenda. Parental mental health problems are a major risk for children’s adverse development. Intergenerational mental health issues often leads to social marginalisation and exclusion, which constitutes a serious social problem. WP5 participants included Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Lithuania, Norway and Romania. The WP5 emphasised that it is important for every country to learn what the legal, human rights, and service and life situation is for these children and families and to take preventive and promotion action. The paper suggests that, to avoid further stigmatisation, awareness campaigns and training of professionals should capitalise on resilience and support for children and parenting rather than on risks. Psychiatric services for adults should respond to the needs for care and support of the patients' children. Finally, changes in society are needed, including redirecting legislation from restrictive measures towards promotion and prevention.
Child and family outcomes of the European Early Promotion Project
- Authors:
- DAVIS Hilton, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 7(1), February 2005, pp.63-81.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper, part of a special issue on the European Early Promotion Project (EEPP), concerns outcomes for families involved in the Project and presents data collected when the children were between 6-8 and 24 months old. A total of 824 families were recruited from the 5 countries involved. At baseline, differences were found between country samples in extent and type of need (Finnish families having the lowest risk factor rates and Serbia the highest, for example), but recruitment was generally successful in including families from the whole range of need, excluding those with the severest physical and psychiatric problems. Although not randomised, intervention families (receiving the EEPP service) were reasonably matched with comparison families (receiving usual services) on most variables initially, except in Greece, where intervention families were somewhat more at risk. At 24 months, in spite of low intensity of service provision and methodological difficulties likely to reduce effects, there was evidence, particularly in Greece, of differences in outcome favouring the intervention group, who also showed significantly higher levels of satisfaction with the intervention received. It was concluded that the service merits further exploration to assist in understanding promotional and preventative processes.
The prevention of mental disorders in children and adolescents: future research and public-policy recommendations
- Authors:
- DULMUS Catherine N., RAPP-PAGLICCI Lisa A.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 81(3), May 2000, pp.294-303.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
The following literature review examines the research on the prevention o mental illness in children and adolescents; relevant theories also are surveyed. The results point to directions for future research and present public policy. A risk-reduction model in preventative research, whereby risk factors are identified and matched to empircally tested interventions, is most promising. If risk factors can be decreased or in some way altered while protective factors are enhanced, the likelihood of at-risk children eventually developing a mental disorder would decrease. The ultimate goal is to achieve optimal prevention by building the principles of prevention into the ordinary aactivities of everyday life and into community structures to enhance development over the entire life span.
Mother love
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.5.97, 1997, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Old prejudices about mentally ill women and their inadequacies as mothers are alive and well and prevalent in the UK. Reports on how some health professionals are still actively discouraging women with mental health problems from having children.
HMT/DfES joint policy review: children and young people
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document provides the response from SCIE to the HM Treasury (HMT) and Department for Education and Skills’ (DfES) call for evidence on the review of children and young people. It looks at the prevention strand and the review of high cost, high harm families. SCIE welcomes the HMT/DfES focus on a preventative approach to supporting children and young people, drawing on work around parental mental health and child welfare to illustrate the importance of early intervention and of a whole family approach. It argues that the needs of the whole family should be viewed separately but also together in the ways that the different needs and behaviours of different family members interrelate and impact on each other. However, specialisation in health and social care services mean that families are not treated as a whole and their interrelatedness is not recognised. This separation has led to a situation where staff in adult mental health services focus on the adult with insufficient attention paid to the adult as a parent and his/her dependent children. Staff in children's services put insufficient emphasis on the mental health needs of parents and the potential adverse impact on children.
Exploring the potential for family carers to support people with mental illness to stop smoking
- Authors:
- LAWN Sharon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 13(1), 2017, pp.52-59.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Cigarette smoking poses significant health burdens for people with mental illness. They die sooner than they should, and smoking is a major contributor to their high rates of morbid chronic physical health conditions and early mortality, compared to the general population. Family carers provide important support to people with mental illness. However, family carers' perspectives of smoking by their family members with mental illness are largely absent from the research literature and from practice, despite smoking rates remaining high and quit rates remaining low for this population. Little is known about how family carers are or could be involved in supporting people with mental illness who smoke to stop smoking. This paper aims to provide a discussion of the opportunities for family carers to support their family member's smoking cessation and a discussion of our preliminary research on this topic. From the available literature, it appears that family carers are well placed to support smoking cessation for this population; however, they struggled physically, philosophically, and emotionally with perceived responsibilities involving their family member's smoking and the caring role. They felt isolated and asserted that there was limited support from service providers to assist them. The authors concluded that family carers are important agents within the person's immediate environment who could help them to improve their smoking cessation success. This suggests also that mental health services and other health service providers could benefit from including family carers in their efforts to support smoking cessation for people with mental illness who smoke. (Edited publisher abstract)
Goal setting in recovery: families where a parent has a mental illness or a dual diagnosis
- Authors:
- MAYBERY Darryl, REUPERT Andrea, GOODYEAR Melinda
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 20(3), 2015, pp.354-363.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Goal setting is an important element within mental health recovery models; however, parenting and children are rarely recognised in such approaches. This study outlines a family recovery planning model where a parent has a mental health or dual substance and mental health problem. The differences between family types (parent with a mental illness or parent with dual diagnosis) and family members (parent and children) are illustrated in terms of goals across 11 domains. There were a total of 33 parents and 50 children from 10 mental illness and 10 dual diagnosis families. Education and specifically mental health knowledge are important goals across all families and appear especially important for children whose parent has a dual diagnosis. Specific goals and achievement levels for each type of family and parents and children are also outlined. Clear areas for action by clinicians and family members are indicated by this study. (Publisher abstract)
Early intervention in psychosis: a guide to concepts, evidence and interventions
- Editors:
- BIRCHWOOD Max, FOWLER David, JACKSON Chris.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 388p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
Argues that early intervention in psychosis can prevent or limit later difficulty. Discusses the concept of early intervention, strategies for early intervention and their implementation, and discusses the issues facing patients, families and professionals.
Taking the broader view
- Author:
- McCURRY Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.9.99, 1999, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how the long awaited revision of Working Together urges the greater examination of family circumstances when safeguarding children. The author asks whether social workers have failed to do this.
The role of voluntary agencies
- Author:
- MALEK Mhemooda
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 31, October 1997, p.9.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
Discusses the role of the voluntary sector in promoting mental health in children, young people and families.