Infants of Parents with Mental Illness : Developmental, Clinical, Cultural and Personal Perspectives / edited by Anne Sved Williams and Vicki Cowling.

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TextPublication details: Bowen Hills, Qld. : Australian Academic Press, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xi, 271 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781921513152
1921513152
9781921513039
1921513039

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Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

362.20854 22

LOC classification:

RC465 .I54 2008eb

NLM classification:

2008 L-105
WS 105.5.F2

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Contents:

Section 1. In the beginning ... -- section 2. Assessing the situation -- section 3. Fathers -- section 4. Personal perspectives -- section 5. Political and cultural influences -- section 6. Working with infants and their parents with specific disorders -- section 7. Working with infants and their families in particular settings.

Summary: This book examines how to achieve improved outcomes for infants growing up in situations of risk due to parents' mental health and other related psychosocial circumstances that may impair parental functioning. These include migration, substance abuse, and infant hospitalisation. The authors examine the effects of adverse life circumstances on infant and family and, in most cases, also describe assessments and interventions. Several chapters have been written by people personally affected by mental illness, or mental illness of a family member.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book examines how to achieve improved outcomes for infants growing up in situations of risk due to parents' mental health and other related psychosocial circumstances that may impair parental functioning. These include migration, substance abuse, and infant hospitalisation. The authors examine the effects of adverse life circumstances on infant and family and, in most cases, also describe assessments and interventions. Several chapters have been written by people personally affected by mental illness, or mental illness of a family member.

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