SynthesisThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2021
Parenting interventions for people with schizophrenia or related serious mental illness.
Synthesis in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Parenting Practices of Parents with Psychosis: A Systematic Integrative Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Parenting interventions for people with schizophrenia or related serious mental illness.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Causal relationship between mental illness and venous thromboembolism: a Mendelian randomization study.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Parenting with psychosis: An exploration of the everyday parenting practices of parents with psychotic disorders.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2026Article
- Social inclusion of people with severe mental illness: a review of current practices, evidence and unmet needs, and future directions.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026Article
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- Effectiveness of evidence-based nursing interventions in the management of patients with schizophrenia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of Interventions Designed to Support Parents With Mental Illness That Would Be Appropriate for Parents With Psychosis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAround a third of people with schizophrenia or related serious mental illness will be a parent. Both the parents and the children in this population are at increased risk of adverse outcomes due to parental mental illness. Parenting interventions are known to improve parenting skills and decrease child disruptive behaviour. This systematic review aimed to synthesise the evidence base for parenting interventions designed specifically for parents who have schizophrenia or related serious mental illness.
objectivesTo assess the effects of parenting interventions for people with schizophrenia or related serious mental illness. SEARCH
methodsOn 10 February 2021 we searched the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group's Study-Based Register of Trials, which is based on the following: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), ClinicalTrials.Gov, Embase, International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN), MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed, and the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform. SELECTION CRITERIA: Eligible studies were randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared parenting interventions with a control condition for people with schizophrenia or related serious mental illness with a child between the ages of 0 and 18 years. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: We independently inspected citations, selected studies, extracted data and appraised study quality. We assessed risk of bias for included studies. MAIN
resultsWe only included one trial (n = 50), and it was not possible to extract any data because the authors did not provide any means and standard deviations for our outcomes of interest; they only reported whether outcomes were significant or not at the 0.05 level. Three domains of the trial were rated as having a high risk of bias. AUTHORS'
conclusionsThe only included trial provided inconclusive evidence. There is insufficient evidence to make recommendations to people with schizophrenia (or related serious mental illness) or clinicians, or for policy changes. Although there is no RCT evidence, parenting interventions for people with schizophrenia or related serious mental illness have been developed. Future research should test these in RCTs in order to improve the evidence base for this population.
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