Mental health professionals' awareness of the parental functioning of persons with severe mental disorders: a retrospective chart study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The proportion of persons with severe mental illness (SMI) who are parents has increased in recent decades. Children of parents with SMI are at increased risk for medical, behavioral, emotional, developmental, academic, and social problems. They also have an increased risk for injuries, accidents, and mortality, addictions, and various psychiatric disorders compared to children of parents with no such diagnoses. We aimed to examine the extent to which mental health professionals (MHPs) who treat adult patients with SMI in ambulatory settings are aware of these individuals' functioning in three parenting domains: parental functioning, familial support system and children's conditions. We also compared psychiatrists' awareness with that of psychologists and social workers.

SUBMITTER: Eliezer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587552 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature