Children of mentally ill parents are at high risk of developing problems themselves. They are
often identified and approached as a homogeneous group, despite diversity in parental …

This article outlines the development of p ractice s tandards for the adult mental health
workforce for addressing the needs of families where a parent has a mental illness (FaPMI) …

Background Children of parents with mental illness have an elevated risk of developing a
range of mental health and psychosocial problems. Yet many of these children remain …

This paper presents one major theme of findings from a doctorate study. The study used a
narrative enquiry approach, to gather parenting narratives of adult children of parents with …

Background Intrapersonal, interpersonal, social and economic factors associated with
chronic mental illness influence mothers' parenting abilities which in turn influence …

From epidemiologic research, we know that children of parents with a mental illness
(COPMI) have an elevated risk of developing a serious mental disorder. Aside from studies …

A collaborative approach to care of parents with a mental illness is essential to address the
needs of the whole family. However, a number of constraints within adult mental health and …

This book has been written for practitioners who work with children, parents, and families as
well as for those who design and conduct applied research in the area of parental mental …

Aims The aim of this study was to investigate whether the mother's substance abuse,
psychiatric problems and socioeconomic situation are related to 1) disorders of …

Background Communication, impulse control and motivation can all be affected by Bipolar
Disorder (BD) making consistent parenting more difficult than for parents without mental …