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Title

Implementation Challenges in Wrapping Interventions Around Families Living with Parental Mental Illness

Authors

Joanne Nicholson, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFollow
Beth R. Hinden, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFollow
Joan Mikula, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
Kathleen Biebel, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFollow
Valerie Williams, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFollow
Katherine Woolsey, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFollow
Elizabeth A. Aaker, University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFollow

UMMS Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry

Date

2008

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Medical Subject Headings

Family; Family Relations; Child Welfare; Child of Impaired Parents; Parents; Parenting

Disciplines

Health Services Research | Mental and Social Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology

Abstract

Citation: Hinden,B., Mikula, J., Nicholson, J., Bieble, K., Williams, V., Woolsey, K., & Aaker, E. (2008). Implementation Challenges in Wrapping Interventions Around Families with Parental Mental Illness. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, and R/ Friedman (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Annual Research Conference, A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

Summary: Parental mental illness challenges service providers in adult mental health, child welfare and children’s mental health systems of care. This presentation describes the development and implementation of Family Options, a family-centered, strengths-based, family-driven intervention for families living with parental mental illness. Findings from the Family Options implementation study suggest strategies for the replication of the intervention, as well as recommendations for the enhancement of existing programs like children’s systems of care to meet parents’ needs and improve outcomes for all family members.

Paper presented on March 6, 2007. Proceedings published in 2008. Link to handout at http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/rtcconference/handouts/default.cfm?appid=20213.