Children of mentally ill parents-a pilot study of a group intervention program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The transgenerational transmission of mental disorders is one of the most prominent risk factors for the development of psychological disorders. Children of mentally ill parents are a vulnerable high risk group with overall impaired development and high rates of psychological disorders. To date there are only a few evidence based intervention programs for this group overall and hardly any in Germany. We translated the evidence based Family Talk Intervention by Beardslee (2009) and adapted it for groups. First results of this pilot study are presented.

Method

This investigation evaluates a preventive group intervention for children of mentally ill parents. In a quasi-experimental design three groups are compared: an intervention group (Family Talk Intervention group

SUBMITTER: Christiansen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4611090 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature