@article{ref1,
title="Parents with severe mental illness. Epidemiological data",
journal="Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie",
year="2011",
author="van der Ende, P. C. and van Busschbach, J. T. and Wiersma, D. and Korevaar, E. L.",
volume="53",
number="11",
pages="851-856",
abstract="<span class=&quot;subtitle&quot;>Background </span>It is becoming increasingly clear that people with severe mental illness (<span class=&quot;abbreviation&quot;>SMI</span>) are in need of support with parenting. So far, however, little is known about how many persons fall into this category. <span class=&quot;subtitle&quot;>aim</span> To estimate how many <span class=&quot;abbreviation&quot;>SMI</span> patients aged 18 to 65 are parents with children and how many need help with parenting. <span class=&quot;subtitle&quot;>Method</span> We based our estimate on epidemiological studies and on official records and data relating to <span class=&quot;abbreviation&quot;>SMI</span> patients for the year 2009. <span class=&quot;subtitle&quot;>Results</span> We estimated that 48% of patients with SMI had children. The total number of such patients for the year 2009 was 68,000; this figure represents 0.9% of the Dutch population in the 18-64 age-group. <span class=&quot;subtitle&quot;>Conclusion</span> Health professionals and carers need to be alerted to the fact that almost 50%of the patients with <span class=&quot;abbreviation&quot;>SMI</span> require possibly help in fulfilling their parental role. Potential problems in the parent-child relationship need to be registered in greater details so that more adequate care can be provided both at individual level and national level.<p /> <p>Language: nl</p>",
language="nl",
issn="0303-7339",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}