ArticleJournal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent2010
How children understand parental mental illness: "you don't get life insurance. What's life insurance?".
Article in Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Does the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) cover the support needs of young carers? A systematic literature search and narrative review.Palliative medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Experiences of family members when a parent is hospitalized for their mental illness: a qualitative systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Young Carers' Identification: Comparing Adolescents' and Parents' Perspectives.Child: care, health and development · 2024Article
- "When one has no REAL illness"-analysis of the knowledge component of mental health literacy in children and adolescents of parents with a mental illness.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Experiences of patients talking about mental illness with their children: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Adult mental healthcare professionals' experiences of family centred conversations with patients who are parents: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Exploring past research to move forward: a scoping review of aims, outcomes, and recommendations in parental mental illness qualitative research.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Development of an American and Australian co-designed youth mental health literacy program.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2022Review
- Using Social Networking Sites in Research: An Emerging Approach to Engaging With Young People Who Have a Parent With a Mental Illness and/or Substance Abuse Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
- Mental Health Literacy of Youth That Have a Family Member With a Mental Illness: Outcomes From a New Program and Scale.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
- Web-Based Health Intervention for Young People Who Have a Parent with a Mental Illness: Delphi Study Among Potential Future Users.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
- How Do Children Make Sense of their Parent's Mental Health Difficulties: A Meta-Synthesis.Journal of child and family studies · 2018Review
- Mental Health Literacy Content for Children of Parents with a Mental Illness: Thematic Analysis of a Literature Review.Brain sciences · 2017Article
- Discrimination in relation to parenthood reported by community psychiatric service users in the UK: a framework analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo understand how children living with parental mental illness (PMI) understand mental illness (MI) and what they want to tell other children.
methodThe study design was a secondary analysis of a grounded theory study exploring Canadian children's perceptions of living with PMI. Interviews from 22 children, ages 6 - 16, living with a parent with depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia receiving treatment for the MI, were re-read, coded and analyzed along with data categories, their properties, field notes and memos from the original data.
resultsChildren revealed that they had limited understanding of MI and received few factual explanations of what was happening. Limited information on MI caused undue hardship. Younger children worried about their parent dying, while older children also were concerned about developing MI. Children offered suggestions for other children in similar circumstances.
conclusionsThis study raises awareness of children living with PMI and identifies them as a population requiring services. It incorporates children's perceptions of what they know and need to know. Children require assistance to understand and to respond to PMI. Mental health and primary health care clinicians have opportunities to assist these children within collaborative care models developed in conjunction with school services.
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