Vulnerable children of mentally ill parents: towards evidence-based support for improving resilience.

• Autores: Manfred Pretis, Aleksandra Dimova
• Localización: Support for learning, ISSN 0268-2141, Vol. 23, Nº. 3, 2008, págs. 152-159
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The increasing prevalence of mental illness among parents always represents a stressor affecting the biopsychosocial development of a child. However, due to varying inherent resilience factors, not all children are affected to the same extent. The presence of evidence-based resilience factors is able to minimise or prevent the adverse effects associated with the parental disorder. Fostering an attachment to a healthy adult – including professionals in the social field – and providing information about the disorder are regarded as two important preventive factors. The need for specific individualised intervention programmes for this group of forgotten children is highlighted, and a specific method of assessment is presented.