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 …

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 …

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 …

Accessible Summary What is known about the subject? There are many qualitative studies
that explore what it is like for children who live with a parent who has a mental illness. These …

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 Offspring of parents with severe mental illness (SMI: schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder or major depressive disorder) have an increased risk of developing mental disorder …

Background Mental health problems are often transmitted from one generation to the next.
This knowledge has led to changes in Norwegian legislation, making it mandatory to assess …

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 …

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 …

Background Translating evidence-based practice to routine care is known to take significant
time and effort. While many evidenced-based family-focused practices have been …