Resources - Reports

Child Protection and Mental Health Services, Nicky Stanley et al, The Policy Press, September 2003
Children's Needs in the Mental Health Bill, YoungMinds response to government consultation on Draft Mental Health Bill
Family Minded - Barnardo's report supporting children in families affected by mental illness.
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children in the Child Protection System, Deborah Ghate, Sunita Bhabra, Policy Research Bureau, 2004
Parental psychiatric disorder: distressed parents and their families, Michael Gopfert et al. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge U.P., 1995.
Report of an Independent Inquiry into the Care and Treatment of Daksha Emson M.B.B.S., MRCPsych, MSc. and her Daughter Freya (PDF file), North East London Strategic Health Authority 2003
Bassett, H Lampe, J and Lloyd , C (1999) Parenting: experiences and feelings of parents with a mental illness, Journal of Mental Health 8, 6, 597-604
Supporting Parents, Safeguarding Children (795kb PDf file), a CSCI report published in February 2006
Castlebury, K (1988) Helping children adapt to the psychiatric hospitalization of a parent Psychiatric Hospital 19, 4, 155-160
Fredman, G and Fuggle, P (2000) Parents with mental health problems – involving the children. In
P. Reder, M. McClure and A, Jolley (eds) Family matters: interfaces between child and adult mental health London : Routledge
Gopfert M, Webster J and Seeman M V (eds) (2004) Parental psychiatric disorder (second edition) Cambridge University Press
Hawes, V and Cottrill, D (1999) Disruption of children’s lives by maternal psychiatric admission Psychiatric Bulletin 23: 153-156
Hetherington R, Baistow K, Katz I, Mesie J and Trowell J (2002) The welfare of children with mentally ill parents: learning from inter-country comparisons Chichester : John Wiley.
Rutter, M and Quinton, D (1984) Parental psychiatric disorder: effects on children Psychological Medicine, 14, 853-880
Stanley N, Penhale B, Riordan D, Barbour R, Holden S (2003) Child protection and mental health services: inter-professional responses to the needs of mothers The Policy Press
Stanley N et al (2003) Professional responses to families with identified mental health and child care needs Health and Social Care in the Community 11, 3, 208-18
Tamarit, ML and Yin-Har Lau, A (1999) Children’s needs when their mothers are admitted to psychiatric units Psychiatric Bulletin 23, 4: 214-217
Working with families with alcohol, drug and mental health problems. This report focuses on the policies and practices that can promote integrated services to families. By Patricia Kearney, Enid Levin and Gwen Rosen. June 2003
Working together to support disabled parents This report shows how to develop inter agency protocols to support families in which parents have additional needs related to physical and/or sensory impairments, learning disabilities, mental health, drug and alcohol-related problems or serious illnesses. Jenny Morris and Michele Waites. March 2008.
Young Carers in the UK: the 2004 Report (Carers National Association)
Aldridge J and Becker S (2003) Children Caring for parents with mental illness: perspectives of young carers, parents and professionals. The Policy Press

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