While mental health services are increasingly encouraged to engage in family-focused
practice, it is a poorly understood term. The aim of review was to synthesize evidence on the …

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 multiperspective account of the issues and subsequent interventions for families affected
by parental mental illness is reviewed in this article, including those involving the children …

There is substantial evidence supporting the need for effective intervention for children and
families living with parental mental illness. However, translation of this knowledge into …

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) …

Children with mentally ill parents are at risk of developing mental health problems
themselves. To enhance early support for these children may prevent mental health …

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 …

Abstract Background Health professionals in Norway are required by law to help safeguard
information and follow-up with children of parents with mental or physical illness, or who …

Given the prevalence and associated vulnerabilities of children of parents with a mental
illness (COPMI) it is essential to develop appropriate interventions. While education is an …

There is a large gulf between what psychiatric services should (or could) provide and what
they do in practice. This article sought to determine practice differences between the …