Children of psychiatric patients: rarely seen or heard.
A survey of inpatient psychiatric social workers and a review of inpatient charts indicate that while social workers believe the inclusion of the patients' children in their practice is important, their documentation rarely reflects such activity. The authors review relevant literature on the effect of parental psychiatric illness on children, discuss the apparent schism between theory and practice, and consider the clinical and policy implications of these findings.
DeChillo
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Department of Social Work, Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, NY 10021.
Matorin
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Hallahan
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002667:Child Reactive Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric