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Mental health professionals’ family-focused practice with families with dependent children: a survey study
- Source :
- BMC Health Services Research, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017), BMC Health Services Research
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2017.
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Abstract
- Background Many people with a mental illness are parents caring for dependent children. These children are at greater risk of developing their own mental health concerns compared to other children. Mental health services are opportune places for healthcare professionals to identify clients’ parenting status and address the needs of their children. There is a knowledge gap regarding Thai mental health professionals’ family-focused knowledge and practices when working with parents with mental illness and their children and families. Methods This cross –sectional survey study examined the attitudes, knowledge and practices of a sample (n = 349) of the Thai mental health professional workforce (nurses, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists) using a translated version of the Family-Focused Mental Health Practice Questionnaire (FFMHPQ). Results The majority of clinicians reported no training in family (76.8%) or child-focused practice (79.7%). Compared to other professional groups, psychiatric nurses reported lower scores on almost all aspects of family-focused practice except supporting clients in their parenting role within the context of their mental illness. Social workers scored highest overall including having more workplace support for family-focused practice as well as a higher awareness of family-focused policy and procedures than psychiatrists; social workers also scored higher than psychologists on providing support to families and parents. All mental health care professional groups reported a need for training and inter-professional practice when working with families. Conclusions The findings indicate an important opportunity for the prevention of intergenerational mental illness in whose parents have mental illness by strengthening the professional development of nurses and other health professionals in child and family-focused knowledge and practice.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Mental Health Services
Parents
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Mental health professionals
Health Personnel
education
Context (language use)
Psychiatric Nursing
Health administration
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Child of Impaired Parents
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Survey
health care economics and organizations
Children of parents with mental illness
Social work
Parenting
business.industry
Health Policy
Nursing research
Public health
Mental Disorders
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Professional development
lcsh:RA1-1270
Mental illness
medicine.disease
Thailand
Mental health
030227 psychiatry
Cross-Sectional Studies
Mental Health
Family medicine
Female
business
Family Practice
Needs Assessment
Research Article
Family-focused practice
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726963
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Health Services Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....11363e8dc37bb78f85dcc4f4a80a551c