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Parents’ experience of their child's first psychiatric breakdown: “welcome to hell”
- Authors:
- SHPIGNER Elena, POSSICK Chaya, BUCHBINDER Eli
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 52(6), 2013, pp.538-557.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
A retrospective study is used to examine the experiences, challenges, and difficulties faced by Israeli parents during the outbreak of psychiatric illness in their children. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 parents who participated in a psycho-educational group in a family mental health center. Several themes regarding parents’ experience of the first outbreak of their children's psychiatric illness emerge from the content analysis of the interviews: the perception of sudden onset of the illness, feelings of being mired in distress, intense pain stemming from guilt and helplessness with concomitant anger, and isolation. The themes are then discussed in light of the concept of ambiguous loss and the existential approach. The findings indicate psycho-social services in the Israeli mental health system provide only a partial response to the needs of parents during this critical period. (Edited publisher abstract)
How caregivers make meaning of child mental health problems: toward understanding caregiver strain and help seeking
- Authors:
- MAYBERRY Lindsay Satterwhite, HEFLINGER Craig Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 94(2), 2013, pp.105-113.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Family caregivers’ conceptualizations of their child’s emotional and behavioral problems (EBP) influence help seeking for the child and caregiver strain. Interviews with 21 caregivers were analysed to explore their conceptualizations about the cause of their child’s EBP, their experiences of strain, and their reported help seeking behaviors. Caregivers had divergent conceptualizations of their child’s EBP: 12 caregivers viewed the EBP as caused by a disorder and described the onset of symptoms as the central stressful event, whereas 9 caregivers described their child’s problems as a response to an earlier stressor (e.g., trauma, abuse, divorce). Different patterns of caregiver strain and help seeking were associated with caregiver conceptualization. All caregivers voiced a need for peer-to-peer support for caregivers and youth with EBP. (Edited publisher abstract)
Perceived need and use of child mental health services in Korea
- Authors:
- CHO Sun-Mi, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 45(1), February 2009, pp.56-61.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This study examined the degree of perceived need and use of child mental health services in Korea, as well as the factors associated therewith. The sample consisted of 3,477 children aged 8–13 years. Overall, 10.4% of the parents demonstrated a perceived need for mental health services regarding their children’s emotional or behavioural problems, while 1.9% used mental health services. Although the perceived need for mental health services is high, only a small proportion of children receive them. Whether a child receives mental health care is influenced by the child’s psychopathology, especially when social and/or thought problems exist.
Employed parents of children with mental health disorders: achieving work-family fit, flexibility, and role quality
- Authors:
- BRENNAN Eileen M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 88(1), January 2007, pp.115-123.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Extensive interviews with 60 employed parents of school-age children treated for mental health problems explored work-family fit, flexibility, family support, and work-life strategies in relation to role quality. Role quality was measured as employment and parenting rewards and concerns. Work-family fit was positively related to family flexibility but not work flexibility. Higher flexibility in work and family predicted lower job concerns, and work flexibility and work–family fit were predictors of job rewards. Parental concerns were dependent on flexibility and work–family strategies. Single parents had significantly fewer sources of family support and used fewer work–family strategies than caregivers with partners. Human services providers should collaborate with families by jointly exploring new flexibility and support strategies in work and family domains.
Developing a parent-professional team leadership model in group work: work with families with children experiencing behavioral and emotional problems
- Authors:
- RUFFOLO Mary C., KUHN Mary T., EVANS Mary E.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 51(1), January 2006, pp.39-47.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Building on the respective strengths of parent-led and professional-led groups, a parent-professional team leadership model for group interventions was developed and evaluated for families of youths with emotional and behavioural problems. The model was developed based on feedback from 26 parents in focus group sessions and recommendations from mental health professionals in staff meetings. Evaluations of an implementation of the model in a support, empowerment, and education group intervention (S.E.E. group) have demonstrated the usefulness of this approach in work with families of children with behavioural and emotional problems. This article discusses the challenges of instituting the model in an S.E.E. group. It explores how parents and professionals build the team leadership model and the strengths of this approach in working with parents of youths with serious emotional disturbances.
Parental concerns about their child's emotions and behaviour and referral to specialist services: general population survey
- Authors:
- FORD Tamsin, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 17.12.05, 2005, pp.1435-1436.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Children with psychiatric disorders rarely present themselves for treatment and are therefore dependent on the adults around them to identify their distress. This study used empirical data from the 1999 British child and adolescent mental health survey to examine how predictive parental perceptions of psychological difficulties were of psychiatric disorder and to provide simple strategies to aid clinicians in identifying children requiring referral.
Parental involvement as a factor in the readmission to a residential treatment center
- Authors:
- LAKIN Brittany, BRAMBILA Artemio D., SIGDA Kathy B.
- Journal article citation:
- Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 22(2), 2004, pp.37- 52.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Parental involvement during treatment is examined as a factor in the recidivism to a children's residential treatment center (RTC). Data was collected on 89 children and adolescents from 5 to 17 years old from the University of New Mexico's Children's Psychiatric Center. Residents in the study had a variety of diagnoses, such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Aspergers disorder. Patients with greater parental involvement (attendance in family therapy, number of weekly parent visits, telephone calls, and arranged therapeutic absences) showed a lower recidivism rate than those patients with lower levels of parental involvement. Patients with higher levels of parental involvement were also found to have better family functioning and less severe impairments in their own functioning at discharge. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Positive Connections: a programme for children who have a parent with a mental illness
- Authors:
- OREL Nancy A., GROVES Patricia A., SHANNON Leona
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 8(2), May 2003, pp.113-122.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Mental health professionals working with parents who suffer from a mental illness often overlook the children within the family. Children whose parents are mentally ill face numerous obstacles to their own emotional development and these children are at higher risk for developing mental illnesses than other children. These risks can be decreased if protective or positive interventions are available for the children. This article will describe the development and implementation of Positive Connections, an effective intervention programme specifically designed for children whose parents have been diagnosed with a mental disorder. The effectiveness of this programme has been evaluated using both qualitative and quantitative research strategies, and the results are presented.
The 'us too' groups: a psychodynamic perspective on impact of parental mental ill-health
- Authors:
- WRIGHT Sue, BELL Mandy
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 50, January 2001, pp.16-20.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
Faced with increasing referrals of children of parents with an enduring mental illness, the authors of the Gloucestershire Young Carers Project set up a support group for young carers. Here, they offer a psychodynamic perspective on the experience of running the group and reflect on some lessons for the future.
Is there an income gradient in child health?: it depends on whom you ask
- Authors:
- JOHNSTON David W., et al
- Publisher:
- Institute for Social and Economic Research
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 24p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Colchester
This research uses data from two British surveys conducted in 1999 and 2004, which looked at three aspects of children’s (11 and 15 years) developmental state - emotional difficulties, behaviour disorders and hyperactivity - from a parent, teacher, child (him/herself) and psychiatrist perspective. The study aimed to measure the reliability of using just one observer’s perspective in this area of research. Large differences existed between the four observer’s assessments, with low correlations between parents, teachers and children in terms of their Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) scores. Children assessed themselves more harshly than either teachers or parents, (teachers reported fewer symptoms than parents). Analysis of the income gradient estimated from data derived from one category of observer can result in different conclusions. Using SDQ scores a significant income gradient for emotional difficulties, behaviour disorders and hyperactivity is shown using parents’ or teachers’ assessments, whereas children’s self-assessments suggest an income gradient only exists for emotional difficulties. If these scores were used diagnostically quite different groups of cases would show as having mental health problems and those, in turn would differ significantly from psychiatric diagnoses. It is suggested that findings in this area may not robust and interpretations should define the source of the assessment.