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The relationship between parental psychiatric disorder and child physical and sexual abuse: findings form the Ontario health supplement
- Authors:
- WALSH Christine, MACMILLIAN Harriet, JAMIESON Ellen
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 26(1), January 2002, pp.11-21.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The study's goal was to examine the relationships between a history of parental psychiatric disorder and a history of child abuse in a general population sample of Ontario residents. The lifetime prevalence of either parent with a psychiatric disorder was as follows: 14.1% for depression, 3.7% for manic depression, 2.4% for schizophrenia, 2.4% for anti social behaviour, and 17.3% for any parental psychiatric disorder. Respondents reporting a parental history of depression, mania, or schizophrenia had a two to threefold increase in the rate of physical, sexual, or any abuse. Parental history of antisocial disorder increase the risk of exposure to physical abuse (adjusted odds ratios and or any abuse). There was no statistically significant difference between parental psychiatric disorder and childhood physical or sexual abuse by gender of the respondent. There was a trend for increasing risk associated with father only, mother only, and both parents having any psychiatric disorder.
Research into practice
- Author:
- AYRE Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.3.02, 2002, p.45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a comparative study of European child protection procedures where parents have mental health problems.
Parents of mentally ill adult children living at home
- Authors:
- SCHWARTZ Chaya, GIDRON Ronit
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 27(2), May 2002, pp.145-154.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This study explores the positive potentials of caregiving experiences by parents caring for an adult child with a mental illness at home. One parent from each of 93 households completed a self-administered questionnaire. The children being cared for were aged 18 or over. All the parents reported receiving help and support from their child, but perceived the satisfaction gained from fulfilling their parental duties and from learning about themselves as more important.
Whose baby is it anyway? Developing a joined-up service involving child and adult teams working in a mental health trust
- Authors:
- BRITTEN Clive, CARDWELL Amynta
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 26(4), Winter 2002, pp.76-83.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Describes how clinicians from a London-based child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS), in partnership with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), developed a joined-up service with colleagues in the local adult mental health teams in a London Hospital. The service aimed to raise awareness of the potential risk factors posed to children being cared for by an adult with a mental health problem. The article includes a number of short case examples.
Behind closed doors
- Author:
- ARMSTRONG Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 61, November 2002, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
This article is concerned with the experiences of children living with a parent who is suffering mental ill health. All the evidence is that adults in receipt of mental health services are only rarely identified as parents. Parenting is high on the agenda for other vulnerable groups in the form of parenting classes and additional support, yet is not seen as an issue for mental health services.
Children caring for parents with severe and enduring mental illness
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR CHILD AND FAMILY RESEARCH
- Publisher:
- Loughborough University. Centre for Child and Family Research
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Loughborough
Reports on the findings of a two year study by the Young Carers Research Group (in partnership with Rethink, formerly National Schizophrenia Fellowship) which looks at the experiences and needs of children who care for parents with mental illness, their caring and filial relationships and the nature of professional interventions in these families. Parents with mental illness, their children/young carers and families as a whole will be supported more effectively when the division between adult and children’s services is successfully addressed and reconciled. This involves addressing the current ‘patient led’ approach, particularly among statutory professionals from mental health services, that leads to adults with mental illness gaining access to a range of inputs from multi disciplinary teams but their children being excluded (through professional lack of awareness, poor practice, limited resources etc.) from statutory support and consultation.
The welfare of children with mentally ill parents: learning from inter-country comparisons
- Authors:
- HETHERINGTON Rachael, BAISTOW Karen, KATZ Ilan, MESIE Jeffrey, TROWELL Judith
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 262p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
Children with mentally ill parents have complex needs, and a wide range of mental health and social services may be involved. This can lead to problems of liaison and co-operation between different agencies and different disciplines. The study looks at different approaches to supporting families in ten European countries and one state in Australia. Common problems and effective responses are identified and used to build a European model of good practice, which takes into account the nature of the difficulties facing families and the strengths and weaknesses of national systems. The model is used as a basis for analysing the particular problems of the English system.