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 …

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 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 …

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 …

This study explores the concept of family resilience where a parent has a mental illness.
Eleven Australian adults who have grown up in a household with a parent who had a …

Children whose parents have mental illnesses are among the most vulnerable in our
communities. There is however, much that can be done to prevent or mitigate the impact of a …

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 …

The lack of pan–European guidelines for empowering children of parents with mental illness
led to the EU project CAMILLE–Empowerment of Children and Adolescents of Mentally Ill …

Background Several studies have reported that children of parents with mental illness have
41–70% chance of developing mental health problems. This has encouraged an increase in …

This study examined the utility of a digital video disc (DVD) intervention, designed to
educate children, whose parents have depression and/or anxiety. Twenty‐nine children …