The Welfare of Children with Mentally Ill Parents —— Learning from Inter-country Comparisons

----- 父母患有精神疾病的孩子的福利

ISBN: 9780471497240 出版年：2003 页码：264 Rachael Hetherington Karen Baistow Wiley

The Welfare of Children with Mentally Ill Parents examines theinterventions made by professional workers from a range ofdifferent disciplines in families with dependent children and amentally ill parent. The authors compare responses of professionalsin ten European countries and one state in Australia. The analysisof the differences sheds new light on both the inherent andsystem-determined difficulties in helping families to manage theirsituation effectively. * Features the only comparative study of mental health socialservices and the law governing compulsory hospital admission * Covers a current "hot-button" topic that is growing in importanceas the impact of social policy developments on children over timebecomes more apparent * Offers a unique perspective due to the focus on the impact ofchildren of mentally ill parents and the international systems thatdeal with child protection