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Being seen and heard: the needs of children of parents with mental illness
- Authors:
- COOKLIN Alan, (Author)
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- (60 mins), DVD, CD ROM, pamphlet
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a 1 hour long training film designed for use by staff involved in the care of parents with mental illness and their children. The film is clearly divided into two main sections. Part I shows children and parents relating their various experiences. Part II focuses on solutions and the ways that professionals can help. The stories are interspersed with comments from experts. The key points of each sub-section are summarised in text on the screen.
Perspectives: doing the wrong thing
- Author:
- ALIBHAI-BROWN Yasmin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.3.99, 1999, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author laments a society that showers children with material goods, but fails to meet their emotional needs and continues to fail even the most vulnerable.
Child friendly
- Author:
- CARLISLE Daloni
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.3.98, 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks why the children of people with mental illness are often poorly supported and describes recent moves to remedy the situation.
Hurt minds
- Author:
- SONE Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.3.94, 1994, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The exact number of children and young people who are mentally ill is not known but practitioners generally agree with the statistics produced by Action for Sick Children which estimate that about one in five have mental health problems. Looks behind the figures and asks whether current services are adequate.
Perception of need for child psychiatry services among parents and general practitioners
- Authors:
- EVANS Sarah, BROWN Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Health Trends, 25(2), 1993, pp.53-56.
- Publisher:
- Office for National Statistics
Previous research has found the prevalence of child psychiatric disorder in the general population to be between 7% and 25%, and higher among attenders at some general practitioners' surgeries. This survey examines the perception of need among GPs and parents of general practice attenders, and compares this with the prevalence of disorder found using the Rutter A Questionnaire for Parents. The results support claims that the services for children with psychiatric disorders are inadequate. However, many children with disorders are presented to other professionals by their parents. Ways to extend the service synergistically to meet some of the unmet need are discussed. The need for further research to be undertaken, which would effectively target such scarce resources, is identified.
Mental health needs of children and young people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- RAGHAVAN Raghu, BERNARD Sarah H., McCARTHY Jane
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Research has demonstrated that the co-occurrence of a mental health disorder is highly prevalent in children and young people with a learning disability. The overlap of challenging behaviour and mental health disorders along with the lack of understanding of the nature and manifestation of mental health disorders in this population produces a difficult and complex picture in terms of detection, diagnosis and therapeutic services. This book explores the issues around care of this group of service users, focusing on developing evidence based practice. The authors believe that through the consolidation of the evidence for assessment, intervention, service provision and safeguarding issues, professionals will be able to provide high quality personalised care for children and young people with learning disabilities who also have mental health needs. Topics covered include: epidemiology and aetiology; assessment; specific conditions; nursing perspectives and care planning; psychological interventions; pharmacological interventions; transition and social networks; ethnicity and diversity; service models; safeguarding children; and the Mental Health Act, capacity and consent. The handbook is primarily aimed at health and social care professionals and intended to provide them with a sound knowledge base for shaping and enhancing their practice along with the skills and confidence to improve the outcomes for these young people.
Mental health needs of urban children
- Authors:
- MENNEN Ferol E., TRICKETT Penelope K.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 29(9), September 2007, pp.1220-1234.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The study goals were to determine the need for mental health services and the factors that best predicted receipt of services in a sample of urban, primarily minority children. A sample of 339 children and their caretakers (220 maltreated and 109 comparison) completed multiple measures of functioning and service use. The analysis found significantly different rates of needs and services in the two groups. While 55.3% of the maltreated children met the need for services, only 26.6% of the comparison children did. In the maltreated group, 62.2% of those meeting the need received services while 0% of the comparison children did. The logistic regression analysis found that being a child welfare client was the best predictor of receiving services. Also predicting service receipt was the relationship of the caretaker to the child (with relative caregivers more likely to receive services than biological parents) and the Total Problem score on the Child Behavior Checklist. Race/ethnicity did not predict service receipt. Type of abuse was not a predictor. Implications of the findings are discussed.
See beyond the label: empowering young people who self-harm: a training manual
- Author:
- SELLEN Julie
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 111p., bibliog., handouts, CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
This training manual offers a method of involving young people who self-harm, and those staff who seek to support them, to achieve four key aims. Aim 1 To provide opportunities for all of us to think about our attitudes about self-harm Aim 2 To increase our understanding about why children and young people self-harm Aim 3 To seek out ways to tackle the stigma commonly associated with expressions of mental distress Aim 4 To ensure the involvement of young people who self-harm in the design, implementation and evaluation of local self-harm protocols It does not seek to be a ‘one fit all’ solution, but it is hoped that this manual will support the provision of co-ordinated, consistent and respectful services to address the mental health needs of children and young people who self-harm.
Use of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnarie to assess the mental health needs of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities
- Author:
- EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 30(1), March 2005, pp.14-23.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study sought to determine the reliability and validity of the child, carer and teacher versions of the extended Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) when used with children and young people with learning disabilities. Secondary analysis was undertaken of a nationally representative survey of the mental health of 4,449 children between 11 and 15 years of age in Great Britain. Data were extracted on an operationally defined sub-sample of 98 children with intellectual disabilities, and on 4,074 children without intellectual disabilities. Results found all scales on the SDQ proved to be internally consistent. Acceptable levels of validity were found by examining: (1) correspondence between parallel child, carer and teacher versions of the SDQ; (2) association between SDQ scores and ICD-10 diagnoses. The study concludes that the extended SDQ appears to provide a simple robust measure of the mental health needs of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
Enquiry about the needs of children whose mothers are admitted to psychiatric hospitals
- Authors:
- MANDERSON J, McCUNE N.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 10(1), January 2004, pp.57-62.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The objective of this study is to assess whether children's needs are taken into consideration in female patients who are admitted to an adult psychiatric hospital. A retrospective case note audit of 100 female inpatients aged between 18 and 55 years over a 6-month period were randomly selected. The medical and nursing case notes of patients with children aged between 0 and 17 were assessed using a proforma. The information collected on mothers consisted of diagnosis of illness, type of admission (whether voluntary or detained), duration of admission, previous psychiatric admissions, patient age, marital status, whether or not employed, relationship with partner, mental health of partner, history of violence, medical history of relevance, family history of mental illness, and whether other agencies were involved. Children data collected consisted of number of children per patient and their ages, an enquiry into the child's welfare, emotional and behavioural development, educational/cognitive development, physical health and development, relationship with family and peers, children's knowledge of parent's illness, alternative care arrangements for child during mother's admission and their relationship to carer, child's involvement in their parents' illness as a carer and actions taken on behalf of the child.