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Mental illness in the family: issues and trends
- Editors:
- ABOSH Beverley, COLLINS April
- Publisher:
- University of Toronto Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 171p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
Contains chapters on: programme planning; families and mental illness; a model of familial relationships in families with a member with mental health problems; helping families cope with mental health problems and the criminal justice system; the loss of a child to mental illness; the forgotten sibling; the impact of parental affective disorders on families; parents with mental health problems; the effects on a 6 year old child of a parent with mental health problems; and Dyadic Circularity in the mother-infant relationship.
What became of the children?
- Author:
- SOLHEIM Inge Johanne
- Journal article citation:
- Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, 16(4), 1996, pp.243-252.
- Publisher:
- Universitetsforlaget AS
Research shows a clear connection between mental suffering in adults, their parental role, and the development of their children. A study of two therapists' understanding of the problems reveals two patterns: one in which the children are a part of the understanding and one where they are not. In the first pattern, which is seen in not the majority of cases, the therapists are concerned with the patient's parental role. Children are not thematized, and there is little cooperation with institutions which have children as the target group. In the other pattern, children and the parental role are thematized. These therapists are usually women who feel a close empathy with having children. They find it painful to see children in a difficult situation. The article indicates the need to develop knowledge including a gender-specific understanding and the development of methods which thematize the parental role and children.