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Working with parents with a serious mental illness: what do service providers think?
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posted on 2000-01-01, 00:00 authored by Linda ByrneLinda Byrne, J Hearle, K Plant, J Barkla, L Jenner, J McGrathParents with a history of serious mental illness are vulnerable in many ways and are therefore likely to be accessing services from a range of government and community agencies. The use of multiple services, sometimes with conflicting practice frameworks, can result in sub-optimal management of these families. This study surveyed 77 service providers from a range of government and non-government agencies targeting their views regarding parents with a serious mental illness (specified in this study as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and psychotic depression). They were asked what they perceived were difficulties for this population, interventions required to meet the needs of this group and finally, barriers to effective service delivery. We found that service providers reported that current services were inadequate for these parents. Parent-based interventions were seen as being more beneficial than those targeting children. Lack of liaison between agencies and lack of coordinated service provision were seen as the greatest barrier to effective service delivery. The results highlight the need for policy planners and service providers to develop strategies to ensure effective coordination between services that work with this population.
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Australian social workVolume
53Issue
4Pagination
21 - 26Publisher
Taylor & FrancisLocation
Abingdon, Eng.Publisher DOI
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0312-407XeISSN
1447-0748Language
engPublication classification
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