Parents with Mental Illness: Decision–making in Australian Children's Court Cases Involving Parents with Mental Health Problems

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-30

  Sheehan, Rosemary ^a   Levine, Greg ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Children's Court of Victoria ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Child Protection; Children; Children's Courts; Judicial Decision Making; Mental Health; Parental Mental Illness; Parenting; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244443661     PISSN: 09649069     EISSN: 14699621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09649060500085842     Document Type: Article

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