Effects of Adult Mental Health on Families: An Annotated Bibliography
Goodyear, Melinda, Terri-Lee Hill, Becca Allchin, Francis McCormick, Rochelle Hine, RoseCuff and Brenda O’Hanlon. “Standards of practice for the adult mental health workforce: Meeting the needs of families where a parent has a mental illness” International Journal of Mental Health Nursing (2015) 24, 169-180
This article highlights the standards for mental health practitioners to effectively address what is needed by a family where a parent has a mental illness (FaPMI). The standards were formulated by senior clinical leaders in Australia who were in the mental health services specialization. The project had to include parents that had dependent children and mental health …show more content…
This is putting the parents at greater risks of problems like social isolation and poverty. The challenges that these parents are experiencing is enhanced by their mental health and lack of services relating to the problems. Professionals are apt to ignore roles and needs of these parents. Because of these problems and the invisible factors that have arisen, a study was done in Israel to provide a response to these issues. This journal explains the findings of this …show more content…
The standards were formulated by senior clinical leaders in Australia who were in the mental health services specialization. The project had to include parents that had dependent children and mental health issues. It was put in place in order to adapt and respond better to families where mental health is an issue. The children of these adults have a higher risk of having mental illnesses. The children are also more apt to have social, developmental and emotional problems. Parents with mental illnesses are less emotionally available to their children, which causes attachment problems for the children. Parents who are experiencing bouts of wellness and poor mental health find it hard to stay on task. For instance, they cannot keep simple routines like preparing dinner or getting kids off to school on time. There is a lot of negative judgment associated with the stigma of mental illness. There is also a lot of economic and social impediments for parents with mental illnesses, including poverty, homelessness, unemployment and poor education. Some parents will not seek help for fear of their children being removed by the child-protection
Goodyear, Melinda, Terri-Lee Hill, Becca Allchin, Francis McCormick, Rochelle Hine, RoseCuff and Brenda O’Hanlon. “Standards of practice for the adult mental health workforce: Meeting the needs of families where a parent has a mental illness” International Journal of Mental Health Nursing (2015) 24, 169-180
This article highlights the standards for mental health practitioners to effectively address what is needed by a family where a parent has a mental illness (FaPMI). The standards were formulated by senior clinical leaders in Australia who were in the mental health services specialization. The project had to include parents that had dependent children and mental health …show more content…
This is putting the parents at greater risks of problems like social isolation and poverty. The challenges that these parents are experiencing is enhanced by their mental health and lack of services relating to the problems. Professionals are apt to ignore roles and needs of these parents. Because of these problems and the invisible factors that have arisen, a study was done in Israel to provide a response to these issues. This journal explains the findings of this …show more content…
The standards were formulated by senior clinical leaders in Australia who were in the mental health services specialization. The project had to include parents that had dependent children and mental health issues. It was put in place in order to adapt and respond better to families where mental health is an issue. The children of these adults have a higher risk of having mental illnesses. The children are also more apt to have social, developmental and emotional problems. Parents with mental illnesses are less emotionally available to their children, which causes attachment problems for the children. Parents who are experiencing bouts of wellness and poor mental health find it hard to stay on task. For instance, they cannot keep simple routines like preparing dinner or getting kids off to school on time. There is a lot of negative judgment associated with the stigma of mental illness. There is also a lot of economic and social impediments for parents with mental illnesses, including poverty, homelessness, unemployment and poor education. Some parents will not seek help for fear of their children being removed by the child-protection