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Children of adult consumers of mental health services: towards principle of practice
- Author:
- ALAKUS Carmel
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 53(3), September 2000, pp.45-53.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Service providers in Adult Mental Health Services are not always aware of the existence of consumer's children and do not routinely assess the adequacy of their care. A greater effort is being made to provide psycho-education for relatives and friends than ever before, but not for their children. Staff of Victorian Mental Health Services in Australia are mandated either by law or professional ethics to report instances of physical or sexual abuse. How children's exposure to frightening or neglectful behaviour is to be dealt with is less clear. Asks if it is possible to meet routinely with children of clients to monitor their welfare. This article explores some of the questions that were in the author's mind prior to working in a community mental health service.
Family matters: interfaces between child and adult mental health
- Editors:
- REDER Peter, MCCLURE Mike, JOLLEY Anthony.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 360p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Focuses on research and clinical experiences which bridge the gap between child and adult mental health. Discusses the implications of childhood disorders and trauma in later life; the impact of parental mental health problems on children; and mental health services whcih involve parents and children.
Working with parents with a serious mental illness: what do service providers think?
- Authors:
- BYRNE Linda, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 53(4), December 2000, pp.21-26.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Parents with a history of mental illness are vulnerable in many ways and are therefore likely to be accessing services from a range of government and community agencies. The use of multiple services, sometimes with conflicting practice frameworks, can results in sub-optimal management of these families. This Australian study surveyed service providers from a range of government and non-government agencies targeting their views regarding parents with a serious mental illness. The results highlight the need for policy planners and service providers to develop strategies to ensure effective coordination between services that work with this population.
Psychotic disorders and parenting - the relevance of patient's children for general adult psychiatric services
- Author:
- HOWARD Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(9), September 2000, pp.324-326.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
There are several reasons for reconsidering whether general adult psychiatric services should know more about patients' children. There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that patients' are often involved in the care of children that this affects the lives of patients in many ways and that psychotic disorder in parents can also have an impact on their children. The author argues that psychiatric practice should include the collection of routine statistics about patients' children, the development of services which address patients' family needs and future research into risk factors for poor parenting and the need for children to be placed in care.
Fitting it together
- Authors:
- LEVIN Enid, KEARNEY Patricia, ROSEN Gwen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.8.00, 2000, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Explains how children whose parents misuse alcohol and drugs, or have mental health problems cannot be properly served without better collaboration between agencies. Goes on to discuss findings of a recent research and development project at the National Institute for Social Work.
Crossing bridges over troubled waters?: working with children of parents experiencing mental distress
- Author:
- TANNER Denise
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 19(3), June 2000, pp.287-297.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article is a critical review of Crossing Bridges, a Department of Health training pack for those working with 'mentally ill' parents and their children. The author argues, on the basis of both personal and professional experience, that although the pack pays lip-service to the significance of structural factors, the training resources are primarily rooted in an individual and family-focused pathology model of mental illness. Three arguments are put forward for the necessity of a wider framework: the significance of shame and stigma to those experiencing mental distress and their families; the predominance of understandings of mental illness that translate social phenomena into individualised problems, notably genetic explanations and attributions of risk and dangerousness; and the contribution of motherhood to the experiencing of mental distress in women. Initiatives within the mental health survivor movement are highlighted as examples promoting positive images of mental distress, and the implications of the issues raised for social work education are considered. The article concludes that efforts to help the children of 'mentally ill' parents, not to mention the parents themselves, must incorporate wider strategies to promote openness, respect, acceptance and ultimately, social inclusion, of those who experience mental distress.