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SCIE research briefing 29: black and minority ethnic parents with mental health problems and their children
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, GREEN Ruby, PUGH Richard, ROBERTS Diane
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Black and minority ethnic (BME) parents with mental health problems are likely to experience poverty, unemployment, and homelessness. Some common family structures, such as lone parenting, can increase the risks arising from isolation and lack of support for both parents and their children. People from BME communities are poorly served by mental health services. BME parents with mental health problems are often reluctant to use existing services because these are often not culturally sensitive to their needs. Reluctance to access services may result in mental health problems becoming more severe before diagnosis, treatment and support is obtained. Mental health problems among BME parents, compounded by lack of treatment and support, can have enduring effects upon their children and contribute to their over-representation in the child care system.
Appendices to technical report for SCIE research review on the prevalence and incidence of parental mental health problems and the detection, screening and reporting of parental mental health problems
- Authors:
- PARKER Gillian, et al
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 188p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
This research aimed to review and present evidence that could inform the practice guidelines, to identify gaps in knowledge, and to evaluate the strength of the existing evidence, both in general and specifically in relation to marginalised families and those from black and minority ethnic communities. Two separate questions were addressed by the review reported here and reviewed separately: what is known about the incidence, prevalence, and types of parental mental health problems in the UK?; and what systems, tools and opportunities exist in children's services, adults' services and family services for detecting parental mental health problems, in both the UK and elsewhere? How these are used, by whom and in which contexts? This appendix to the report contains details of the databases used, the search criteria, and literature used for the review.
Ethnic minority parents with mental health problems
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.9.08, 2008, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Mental health problems among parents, compounded by lack of treatment and support, can have enduring effects upon their children. This article discusses practice messages when working with ethnic minority parents with mental health problems and their children.
Caregiver mental health, neighborhood, and social network influences on Mental Health needs among African American children
- Authors:
- LINDSEY Michael A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research, 32(2), June 2008, pp.79-88.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In this study, the authors examined the combined effects of caregiver mental health, alcohol use, and social network support/satisfaction on child mental health needs among African American caregiver-child dyads at risk of maltreatment. The sample included 514 eight-year-old African American children and their caregivers who participated in the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect. A structural equation model was created with caregiver mental health/alcohol use and caregiver social network support/satisfaction as the exogenous variables and child mental health need as the endogenous variable. Caregivers with less-supportive networks and whose capacity to parent was challenged by alcohol, depression, or other mental health problems had children with elevated mental health needs. These findings confirm the need to examine the effects of caregiver influences (for example, caregiver mental health and social network support/satisfaction) on mental health among African American children at risk of maltreatment and to further explain how the social networks of caregivers are accessed when caregivers and children have mental health problems. Implications for identifying mental health needs among this vulnerable group and improving their connections to formal mental health services through social network-level interventions are discussed.
Assessment of parents by Approved Social Workers under the Mental Health Act 1983
- Authors:
- WEBSTER Jeni, HATFIELD Barbara, MOHAMAD Hadi
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 11(2), 1999, pp.5-26.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Approved Social Workers from seven local authorities were interviewed about Mental Health Act assessments involving parents. Half of all the children in these families were under eight years old, and in forty percent of cases there was concern about the children's safety. Those children perceived most at risk or in need of alternative care arrangements tended to be children on lone parents, ethnic minority parents, parents who misused drugs or alcohol, or parents who were themselves abused as children. The authors conclude that joint approaches with child care colleagues are essential in assessing the risks and needs of children identified through mental health crisis in a parent.
Challenges related to migration and child attachment: a pilot study with South Asian immigrant mother–child dyads
- Authors:
- LECOMPTE Vanessa, MICONI Diana, ROUSSEAU Cecile
- Journal article citation:
- Attachment and Human Development, 20(2), 2018, pp.208-222.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This pilot study examined psychological, social and cultural risk factors for child insecure attachment in a sample of South Asian immigrant families experiencing high migration stress in Montreal, Canada. Thirty-three participants were recruited through a local Health and Social Service organisation. Maternal anxiety and depression, social support, and national and religious sense of belonging were assessed. Child attachment behaviours were coded from a 15 min free play period. Results indicated that maternal depressive symptoms were related to lower child attachment security scores. Lower support from friends was related to greater child ambivalent attachment behaviours. A higher sense of belonging to the country of origin was related to greater child disorganised attachment behaviours. These findings suggest that migration stresses, which include maternal depression, lack of social support and the sense of belonging, are associated with child attachment, and these variables should be considered in the design of appropriate interventions. (Edited publisher abstract)