The SMILES program: a group program for children with mentally ill parents or siblings.
The Simplifying Mental Illness + Life Enhancement Skills program, for children with a mentally ill parent or sibling, is a 3-day program that aims to increase children's knowledge of mental illness and to better equip them with life skills considered beneficial for coping in their family. Self-report data from 25 children who attended 3 of these programs, in Canada and Australia, indicate that these aims were achieved. Their parents also report benefits for their children.
Private Practice, Bathurst, NSW, Australia. ericap@ix.net.au
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011340:Problem Solving; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012801:Sibling Relations; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology*; D013240:Stereotyping