Do preventive interventions for children of mentally ill parents work? Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 283-299

  Thanhäuser, Martina ^a   Lemmer, Gunnar ^a   De Girolamo, Giovanni ^b   Christiansen, Hanna ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Saint John of God Clinical Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

children; intervention; mentally ill parents; meta analysis; prevention

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDREN OF PARENT WITH MENTAL ILLNESS; EFFECT SIZE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISEASE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85020460582     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000342     Document Type: Review

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