Parental mental illness: A review of barriers and issues for working with families and children

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 784-791

  Maybery, D ^a   Reupert, A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children of parents with a mental illness; Parental mental illness; Workforce capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING; PARENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 70350028215     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01456.x     Document Type: Article

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