Mental Health and the Family Law System

Rodgers, Bryan; Smyth, Bruce; Robinson, Elly

doi:10.5172/jfs.327.10.1.50

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“…That said, there were many other long-term outcomes for which family conflict made a minimal contribution to the differences between those from divorced and intact families. Further, the other relevant adversities of parental substance use and parental depression are relatively neglected within the Australian family law system (Rodgers, Smyth & Robinson 2004), whether due to a failure to recognise these as important problems or due to a lack of capacity within existing services to deal with them. Service providers themselves acknowledge the widespread prevalence of such problems in the families they deal with and this raises important issues as to how such problems can be addressed effectively within this service sector.…”

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Parental Divorce and Adult Family, Social and Psychological Outcomes: The Contribution of Childhood Family Adversity

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A large body of research evidence across developed countries has demonstrated significant long-term disadvantages for children from divorced compared with intact families of origin. These disadvantages range across family, social and psychological outcomes, and poor outcomes are roughly 50 to 100 per cent more likely for those from divorced families. Circumstantial evidence indicates that these disadvantages are not attributable to family separation itself but there have been relatively few studies attempting to establish what other factors contribute to such differences. One notable exception is the suggestion that financial hardship accounts for half of educational disadvantage seen in children raised in lone-parent families in the United States. There has also been considerable speculation internationally about the role of family conflict in explaining poor outcomes in children after parental divorce, but research findings have been inconsistent on this issue. The present study aims to help answer this question by investigating reports from three generations of adults in the Canberra region, comparing those from divorced families with those brought up in families that stayed together. These samples of adult cohorts were studied in Wave 1 of the Personality and Total Health (PATH) Through Life Project. Individuals were randomly selected from the electoral rolls for Canberra, Australian Capital Territory and Queanbeyan, New South Wales, with participants aged 20 to 24 years studied in 1999-00, those aged 40 to 44 years studied in 2000-01 and those aged 60 to 64 years studied in 2001-02. Around 2,500 people within each of the three age cohorts completed questionnaires on hand-held computers.

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Parental Divorce and Adult Family, Social and Psychological Outcomes: The Contribution of Childhood Family Adversity

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Madness in Family Law: Mothers’ Mental Health in the Australian Family Law System

McInnes

2013

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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Domestic and Family Violence, Mental Health and Well-Being, and Legal Engagement

Douglas

2017

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This article reports on the findings from a qualitative study involving 65 women who have engaged with the legal system after experiencing domestic and family violence. The interviewees report on the increased levels of stress and trauma they experience as a result of impending court appearances, in preparation for cross-examination and in negotiating court orders and on the actions they take to address this stress. While many reported that they sought help from mental health practitioners, some women reported choosing not to seek medical assistance for, and hiding, mental health concerns and self-medicating in an effort to avoid negative court outcomes. In light of the women's experiences, this paper considers policy implications and practical considerations for legal practitioners and judicial officers involved in cases involving domestic and family violence.

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Mental Health and the Family Law System

Cited by 9 publications

References 35 publications

Parental Divorce and Adult Family, Social and Psychological Outcomes: The Contribution of Childhood Family Adversity

Parental Divorce and Adult Family, Social and Psychological Outcomes: The Contribution of Childhood Family Adversity

Madness in Family Law: Mothers’ Mental Health in the Australian Family Law System

Domestic and Family Violence, Mental Health and Well-Being, and Legal Engagement

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