Children's understanding of mental ill health
Implications for risk and resilience in relationships
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12570241 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judi Walsh (0000-0001-5042-0458, University of East Anglia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 115-122 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child & Family Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00597.x |
| OpenAlex | W1974017741 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 35 |
Research shows that having a parent with a mental health problem has associated risks for children, but some families seem very resilient and do not always suffer these difficulties. In order for social workers to be able to support the development of resilience in families who appear to be at risk, we need to understand what factors may ameliorate some of these risks. Research seems to suggest that children who can conceptualize their parent's mental health problem as something ‘outside’ their representation of that parent as an attachment figure are likely to have better outcomes than children who see the mental‐health problem as part of, and embedded within, their representation of that parent. However, in order to develop an understanding of how this conceptualization affects attachment relationships and outcomes, we need to know what children understand by mental ill health. We also need to consider how this conceptualization might be changed, and it appears that parents, other attachment figures and other support figures may play a key role here. This paper provides a selective review of the research area and discusses the mechanisms which may govern this complex process. The review concludes with recommendations for future research and practice
Cognition · Conceptualization · Developmental psychology · Mental health · Mental representation · Order (exchange · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological resilience · Psychotherapist · Representation (politics · Child Abuse and Trauma · Computer Science · Family Support in Illness · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology
A Family-Based Approach to the Prevention of Depressive Symptoms in Children at Risk
Mental illness stigma
Parental psychiatric disorder
Resilience concepts and findings
Children of Affectively Ill Parents
Transactional Models in Early Social Relations
Children's essentialist beliefs about aggression
Mass media images of mental illness
Parental mental health
The portrayal of mental illness on prime-time television
Mental illness depiction in children's films
Factors that Influence Mental Health Stigma Among 8th Grade Adolescents
Attachment and Coping Strategies in Middle Childhood Children whose Mothers Have a Mental Health Problem
Children's beliefs about people labeled mentally ill
On sin versus sickness
Children's Concepts of Health and Illness
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2018 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |