Background Children with chronic illnesses have a heightened risk for mental health
problems. Objectives To develop, implement, and evaluate child outcomes of a 15-month …

Background Parents of children with chronic illnesses are at high risk for secondary mental
health problems, such as anxiety and depression. Objective To evaluate maternal outcomes …

To test the 6-month efficacy of an inclusive non-diagnosis-specific, 7-session parent
education curriculum on five pre-specified outcomes. A randomized clinical trial with 100 …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral group intervention for
children with chronic illnesses and to test the effect of an added parent component …

Achild's serious illness or disability can place psychologic and social burdens on both child
and family. 1–10 Epidemiologic data show that children with chronic health conditions have …

Parent-to-parent support programs have become an important part of the service system for
children with chronic health conditions. Despite this growth, few empirical studies have …

Over time, most children with special health needs must become partners in their disorder
management. Because most care of chronic conditions takes place in the home, parents …

We questioned parents of 182 young children with a variety of chronic health conditions
concerning the amount of emotional, informational, and tangible social support they …

This article presents an overview of published studies on interventions with children and
adolescents living with a parent who has a chronic somatic illness, organized according to …

Family systems play a crucial, albeit complex, role in pediatric chronic illness. Unfortunately,
very few psychosocial interventions are available to help these stressed families navigate …