title: Helping children cope with parental mental illness through use of children's literature.
abstract: Children of mentally ill parents are often vulnerable, partly because they may not receive adequate nurturing and partly because they feel stigmatized by their parents' disabilities. The author recommends use in treatment of several children's books that show realistic, positive role models of children coping with parental mental illness.
mesh_terms: D001638:Bibliotherapy; D002657:Child Development; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D008091:Literature; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012380:Role