This article provides an overview of what we know about families where a parent has a
mental illness, in order to situate the following papers for the special edition. An extensive …

Mental health literacy (MHL) encompasses understanding mental health and learning how
to obtain and maintain good mental health. Increasing MHL may increase help-seeking …

Background: The main objective of this study was to identify and describe core life
circumstances of children with mentally ill parents (COPMI) and their parents. Knowledge …

Young people of parents with a mental illness are at significant risk of developing a mental
illness. This risk may be reduced if appropriate interventions are provided. While there are …

When adolescents live with a parent with mental illness, they often partly take over the
parental role. Little is known about the consequences of this so‐called parentification on the …

Millions of children have a parent with a mental illness (COPMI). These children are at
higher risk of acquiring behavioural, developmental and emotional difficulties. Most children …

A program evaluation examined mental health literacy levels and coping outcomes for youth
(ages 10–16), before and at the end of their participation in a manualized, school-based …

Background: The main objective of this project is to create a research and intervention
model to promote large-scale implementation and evaluations of generic very brief …

Research substantiates children of parents with mental disorders including substance abuse
face increased risk for emotional and behavioral problems. Although evidence suggests that …

The aim of the present study was to explore the strengths children reported to have acquired
while coping with their parents illness, and the external factors these children indicated had …