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 …

Abstract Knowledge is lacking regarding current psychopathology in parents whose children
are evaluated in a psychiatric outpatient clinic. This especially accounts for fathers. We …

BackgroundThe intergenerational risk for mental illness is well established within diagnostic
categories, but the risk is unlikely to respect diagnostic boundaries and may be reflected …

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 …

Previous research suggests that many preschoolers meet criteria for psychiatric diagnoses;
still, relatively little is known about preschool mental health, particularly emotional problems …

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 …

OBJECTIVE: Mental illness in parents affects the mental health of their children. A systematic
review and a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of interventions to prevent mental disorders …

Background The relation between major categories of psychiatric problems in parents and
psychiatric disorders in their adult children has been investigated in only a few community …

People affected by mental illness often come from families with patterns of mental illness that
span across generations. Hence, child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) …

Despite a large evidence base we need further research to clarify the ways in which parental
mental illness impacts on children, specific risk (and protective factors) and the role of …