Why not support(ed) parenting?

Nicholson, Joanne; Deveney, William

doi:10.2975/33.2.2009.79.82

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“…To date, several studies have addressed the need for support for parents with SMI (Nicholson & Deveney 2009, Howard & Underdown 2011, Reupert & Maybery 2011. Family-centred practice can help maintain and strengthen important family relationships, and identify and enhance the strengths of a parent with a mental illness, all contributing to the recovery of the person with the mental illness (Goodyear et al 2015).…”

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Strategies for parenting by mothers and fathers with a mental illness

Ende

Busschbach

Nicholson

et al. 2016

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Accessible summary What is known on the subject? The combination of coping with their mental health problems and caring for children makes parents vulnerable. Family‐centred practice can help to maintain and strengthen important family relationships, and to identify and enhance the strengths of a parent with a mental illness, all contributing to the recovery of the person with the mental illness. What this paper adds to the existing knowledge? Taking the strength and the opportunities formulated by parents themselves as a starting point is fairly new. Parents with severe mental illness find strength for parenting in several ways. They feel responsible, and this helps them to stay alert while parenting, whereas parenthood also offers a basis for social participation through school contacts and the child's friendships. Dedication to the parent role provides a focus; parents develop strengths and skills as they find a balance between attending to their own lives and caring for their children; and parenting prompts them to find adequate sources of social support. In this study these strategies were found to be the fundamentals of recovery related to parenting. What are the implications for practice? Nurses can support and coach patients who are identified as parents, and self‐chosen parenting related goals are set and addressed. A family‐focused approach by nurses can be used to prevent problems for children and their families, identify their strengths as well as vulnerabilities, and address the challenges to build resilience. Abstract IntroductionUnderstanding of the problems of parents with mental illness is growing. Gaining insight into strategies for parenting, while taking the opportunities formulated by these parents themselves as a starting point is fairly new. QuestionWhat are the strategies of parents with a mental illness to be successful? MethodExperiences of 19 mothers and eight fathers with a mental illness were explored with in‐depth interviews. Data were content analysed, using qualitative methods. ResultsNext to feelings of inadequacy, interviewees also describe how children enrich and structure their lives and are not only a burden but serve as distraction from problems. Developing activities that interest both child and parent provides avenues for emerging strength. Mental illness constrains fathers, but also gives opportunities to develop a meaningful relation with their children. DiscussionStrategies like being fully dedicated to the parental role, finding a balance between attention for one's own life and parenting and finding adequate sources of support are found to be fundamental for recovery in the parent role. Implications for practicePeer groups can be of valuable help and mental health workers can support parents to set self‐chosen parenting related goals.

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Strategies for parenting by mothers and fathers with a mental illness

Ende

Busschbach

Nicholson

et al. 2016

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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“…Rather than concentrating separately on child versus parent needs, there is a need to establish holistic, multiperspective approaches considering the whole family system [72,76]. In line with this, 'supported parenting' appears a promising approach [77,78].…”

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Mental health services for parents affected by mental illness

Krumm¹,

Becker²,

Wiegand-Grefe

2013

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

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Adequate care for parents affected by mental illness requires sensitivity for parents' subjective perspective, interagency collaboration, standard intake practice, high level of professional knowledge and skills, provision of family-friendly environments, evidence-based parenting programs comprising both individual and group approaches and peer support. There is a lack of research on other parenting needs such as desire for children, coping with custody loss, and childlessness related to mental illness.

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“…My hope is that supported parenting will become valued in mental health systems as much as supported employment (Nicholson and Deveney 2009). Eventually, I hope the systemic problems that keep Daughters and Sons hidden will be overcome as people who have a parent with mental illness continue to tell our stories.…”

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“…In the last 20 years or so, attention has slowly shifted to consideration of parenting as a significant and legitimate role choice and opportunity for women living with mental illnesses (Biebel et al 2006;Nicholson and Deveney 2009;Nicholson et al 1993;Nicholson and Henry 2003). Psychiatric rehabilitation has gained traction as a set of strategies for promoting community integration and recovery for individuals disabled by mental illnesses in one or more role domains (Salzer 2006).…”

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Motherhood, Mental Illness and Recovery

Benders-Hadi¹,

Barber²

2014

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Why not support(ed) parenting?

Cited by 33 publications

References 16 publications

Strategies for parenting by mothers and fathers with a mental illness

Strategies for parenting by mothers and fathers with a mental illness

Mental health services for parents affected by mental illness

Motherhood, Mental Illness and Recovery

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