Sprache/n: Englisch ohne Simultanübersetzung
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Identifying prevalence of child protective service involvement among parents with Serious Mental Illness
PhD Katy Kaplan | Temple University | United States
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PhD Katy Kaplan | Temple University | United States
Eugene Brusilovskiy | Temple University | United States
PhD Traci LaLiberte | University of Minnesota | United States
PhD Mark Salzer | Temple University | United States
Introduction: Serious Mental Illness (SMI) has been identified as a risk factor for Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement but the research conducted to date lacks a rigorous design. The question of whether parents with a SMI, as compared to their non-disabled peers, are at greater risk of Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement, when controlling for other risk factors, would give the least biased picture of the extent to which parents with a SMI are capable of parenting. Methods: Participants were recruited via Truven Health Analytics’ PULSE Survey, the largest privately funded telephone/web based survey in the US. Truven obtains a geographically stratified random sample of the US population every month by surveying approximately 7400 individuals by about health-related topics. Results: Parenting rates were similar between groups with 67% parenting with a SMI and 70% parenting without. However, rates of CPS involvement differed significantly, as 23% of those with a SMI had CPS involvement compared to only 5% of those without a SMI. Additionally, parents with a SMI were significantly more likely to have a change in living arrangement with a rate of 65%, compared to only 23% for those without SMI. Conclusion: People with a SMI are just as likely to be parents but are experiencing negative outcomes at significant rates. There is a pressing need for the development of supports to reduce the likelihood of CPS involvement and improve chances of family reunification.
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Adult mental health services as a key to early detection of families in need of support from the child protection services.
PhD Camilla Lauritzen | UiT Arctic University of Norway | Norway
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PhD Camilla Lauritzen | UiT Arctic University of Norway | Norway
PD Dr. Charlotte Reedtz | Norway
PhD Karin van Doesum | Netherlands
Parental mental illness may increase the likelihood of neglect and abuse, and is also a potent risk factor in terms of offspring developing mental health problems themselves. Collaboration between the adult mental health services and the child protection services (CPS) has the potential of reducing risk for the children, by family supporting interventions and making help available at an earlier stage. In this cross-sectional study, the collaboration between the child protection services and the adult mental health services was explored. Electronic questionnaires were used, and the questionnaires were completed anonymously. Participants were the staff at a university hospital in Norway. There were 16 outpatient and inpatient clinics participating. A total of 185 individuals responded. The participants had a variety of different educational backgrounds, e.g., nurses, enrolled nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, occupational therapists and special teachers. The results showed that less than half of the staff had ever reported concerns about a patients’ child to the CPS (46,5 %). Additionally, 21.1 % of the staff had considered reporting concerns to the CPS, but chose not to. An overwhelming 71.4 % of the staff said they had no current collaboration with the CPS. The results indicate that there is an unresolved potential for inter-service collaboration about the children of patients with mental health problems.
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Stigma, Mental Illness and Child Protection
Adele Parkinson | University of Otago | New Zealand
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Adele Parkinson | University of Otago | New Zealand
The stigma of mental illness, it is argued, may well play an important role in the outcomes of the child protection system in Aotearoa New Zealand. Parents living with mental illnesses and/or addiction may lose care and guardianship of their children, and it can be a long time before families are reunited. The Child Custody Project, a collaboration between several groups, consumers, professionals, and the Sociology & Anthropology Department of the University of Canterbury, seeks to understand how decisions are made around child care and protection when parental mental illness and/or addictions are one of the factors under consideration.
Data collection will be in three phases. Phase one incorporates a literature review, a discourse analysis of court proceedings, interviews with professional stakeholders, and a focus group with parents. Phase two attempts to interview 60+ professionals, parents/caregivers and young people. The third phase will incorporate an action research project.
Early data from phase one (10 scoping interviews and one focus group), reveals stigma may lead to accusations of mental illness being made in the Family Court, parents reticent to come forward for help, and a deficit based approach to mental illness on the part of child protection professionals. By the time of conference presentation, further data from phase one will be available, including results from the discourse analysis of court proceedings.
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