Parental Psychiatric Disorder: Distressed Parents and their Families

by Edited by Michael Göpfert , Jeni Webster , Mary V. Seeman

• ISBN13: 9780521534970
• ISBN10: 0521534976
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-14
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

‘A unique and innovative approach to family issues in psychiatric disorders. The authors tackle a broad range of complex issues that are rarely covered in the depth or with the expertise that this volume brings. This book is a major contribution to the field and provides the kind of international perspective that enhances our understanding of the complex dimensions of psychiatric disorders from a multigenerational and cross-cultural perspective.’ From a review of the first edition by Carol Nadelson, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.It is indisputable that mental illness in a parent has serious and often adverse effects on the child, something which is surprisingly unreflected in clinical service provision. In this completely rewritten second edition, an international, multidisciplinary team of professionals review the most up-to-date treatment interventions from a practical, clinical point of view. It is essential reading for all professionals dealing with adult mental illness and child-care.

Table of Contents

Foreword Graham Thornicroft

Part I. Basic Issues: 1. What we want from adult psychiatrists and their colleagues: 'telling it like it is' Sandra Bilsborough

2. Parenthood and mental illness Mary V. Seeman and Michael Gö

pfert

3. Parental psychiatric disorder and the developing child Alyson Hall

4. Parental psychiatric disorder and the attachment relationship Jonathan Hill

5. The construction of parenting and its context Michael Gö

pfert, Jeni Webster and Julia Nelki

Part II. Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment: 6. 'The same as they treat everybody else' Vicki Cowling

7. Assessment Michael Gö

pfert, Jeni Webster and Julia Nelki

8. Clinical assessment and treatment of parenting problems in mothers with major psychiatric disorders Theresa Jacobsen

9. Perinatal mental illness: clinical and service issues Gertrude Seneviratne and Sue Conroy

10. Assessment and treatment issues when parents have personality disorders Eia Asen and Heiner Schuff

Part III. Specific Disorders: the Impact on Parent-Child Relationships: 11. Schizophrenia and motherhood Mary V. Seeman

12. When a parent suffers from an affective disorder: effect on the child Christine Puckering

13. Alcohol and drug problems in parents: an overview of the impact on children and implications for practice Richard Velleman

14. When mothers use drugs Sydney L. Hans

15. Personality disorders in parents: developmental perspectives, formulation and intervention Gwen Adshead, Adrian Falkov and Michael Gö

pfert

Part IV. Specific Treatments and Service Needs: 16. Psychopharmacology and motherhood Mary V. Seeman and Neil Seeman

17. Social work issues David Clodman

18. Legal issues Colby C. Brunt

19. Legal frameworks and issues - some international comparisons Amy Weir

Part V. Child-Sensitive Therapeutic Interventions: 20. The child grown up Denise Roberts

21. Talking with children and their understanding of mental illness Alan Cooklin

22. Family therapy when a parent suffers from a psychiatric disorder Alan Cooklin and Gorell Barnes

Part VI. Models for Collaborative Services and Staff Training: 23. Keeping the family in mind: setting a local agenda for change Clare Mahoney

24. Are our services for families with a mentally ill parent adequate? Duncan McLean, Jennifer Hearle and John McGrath

25. Models of service provision in three countries Vicky Cowling et al.

26. Overcoming obstacles to interagency support: learning from Europe Karen Blaistow and Rachael Hetherington

27. Training Adrian Falkov

Afterword John Cox

Index.