Examines the dilemmas faced by professionals supporting mentally ill parents and their children.
Examines the dilemmas faced by professionals supporting mentally ill parents and their children.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, needs, parents, policy, social services, social care provision, child protection, children, parental mental health;
Outlines how social services' ignorance about her mental illness ended in her being isolated, unsupported and separated from her son.
Outlines how social services' ignorance about her mental illness ended in her being isolated, unsupported and separated from her son.
Subject terms:
mental health, looked after children, mental health problems, mental health services, mothers, needs, parents, service users, social services, admission to care, assessment, approved social workers, children, parental mental health;
There are children country wide who live in constant anxiety because they are looking after parents who have severe mental distress. They feel that there is no one that they can go to for support and they experience social isolation. Discovers that social services departments are not addressing these needs or the mother's child care requirements.
There are children country wide who live in constant anxiety because they are looking after parents who have severe mental distress. They feel that there is no one that they can go to for support and they experience social isolation. Discovers that social services departments are not addressing these needs or the mother's child care requirements.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, mothers, needs, parents, young carers, young people, anxiety, carers, child care, children, parental mental health;