Citation

Isobel S, Meehan F, Pretty D. Arch. Psychiatr. Nurs. 2016; 30(1): 35-40.

Affiliation

Children of Parents with a Mental Illness, Mental Health Services, Sydney Local Health District, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.apnu.2015.10.007

PMID

26804499

Abstract

There has been limited examination of the use of relationship based structured parenting programs that focus on emotional interactions in the parent-child dyad in families where a parent has a mental illness. There is also a lack of awareness of the practicalities of providing such interventions within adult mental health services. This study explores the process and outcomes of a nurse led emotional awareness based parenting program for adult clients of a mental health service. Participants demonstrated a significant reduction in difficult parenting moments and associated stress and distress as well as promising improvements in overall distress and emotional awareness.

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Language: en