Initiating communication about parental mental illness in families: An issue of confidence and security

Heljä Pihkala, Mikael Sandlund and Anita Cederström

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2012, vol. 58, issue 3, 258-265

Abstract: Background : Beardslee’s family intervention (FI) is a family-based intervention to prevent psychiatric problems for children of mentally ill parents. The parents’ experiences are of importance in family-based interventions. Method : Twenty five parents were interviewed about their experiences of FI. Data were analysed by qualitative methods. Discussion : Confidence and security in the professionals and in FI as a method were prerequisites for initiating communication about the parents’ mental illness with the children. Conclusions : FI provides a solid base for an alliance with the parents and might be a practicable method when parenthood and children are discussed with psychiatric patients.

Keywords: Beardslee’s family intervention; parental mental illness; qualitative analysis; therapeutic alliance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764010392088

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