A large minority of adult psychiatric service patients are parents. Given the prevention and
early intervention benefits for parents and their families, adult psychiatric services need to be …

Background: A strong connection exists between parental mental illness and lifetime mental
health risk for their children. Thus, it is important to determine, when parents attend for …

Parents with mental illness describe the challenge of living with mental illness and its impact
on their parenting experiences and ability (Nicholson, et al., 1998). We know less about the …

Objective: Increasing numbers of adults with a psychiatric disorder are also parents of
dependent children. The present article aims to outline ways in which Fellows of the Royal …

Accessible summary For the psychiatric workforce to become family focused (particularly in
relation to children) there is a clear need for family sensitive policies and procedures …

A survey of inpatient psychiatric social workers and a review of inpatient charts indicate that
while social workers believe the inclusion of the patients' children in their practice is …

ABSTRACT A significant number of clients utilizing mental health services will also be
parents. Being a child of a parent with mental illness increases health risks for the child, and …

More than one-third of long-term mentally ill adults live with their families, most with aging
parents, a situation that accentuates the need for residential alternatives to home care for …

Women and men who meet criteria for psychiatric disorder are likely to be parents. Many go
undiagnosed and untreated, putting themselves and their children at risk of poor outcomes …

Children who have a parent diagnosed with a mental illness are at risk of psychiatric and
behavioral problems; yet, these children do not necessarily receive needed services …