title: Promotion of mental health in children of parents with a mental disorder.
abstract: Mental disorders are associated with many difficulties in the activities of daily living, work, relationships and family, and they determine high social and economic costs that represent an important public health problem. The literature has shown that children of parents with mental disorders grow up in environments that are potentially harmful to their mental health and are at risk of neglect and maltreatment. Interventions to prevent mental disorders and psychological symptoms of children of parents with mental disorders are effective but supporting these families is a complex task which requires both cooperation between departments and an interdisciplinary knowledge. A greater knowledge of the responses provided to assist families with dependent children and a mentally ill parent, could stimulate reflections on critical issues and government actions aimed at promoting and protecting the mental health of children.
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze Psicologiche, Umanistiche e del Territorio, Università "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
authors: Maria Cristina
authors: MC
authors: Verrocchio
authors: Alessandra
authors: A
authors: Ambrosini
authors: Mario
authors: M
authors: Fulcheri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008603:Mental Health; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*