Kinder psychisch kranker Eltern: Merkmale elterlicher psychiatrischer Erkrankung und Gesundheit der Kinder aus Elternsicht
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Kinder psychisch kranker Eltern: Merkmale elterlicher psychiatrischer Erkrankung und Gesundheit der Kinder aus Elternsicht. / Wiegand-Grefe, Silke; Geers, P; Petermann, F; Plaß-Christl, Angela.
In: FORTSCHR NEUROL PSYC, Vol. 79, No. 1, 01.2011, p. 32-40.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Kinder psychisch kranker Eltern: Merkmale elterlicher psychiatrischer Erkrankung und Gesundheit der Kinder aus Elternsicht
AU - Wiegand-Grefe, Silke
AU - Geers, P
AU - Petermann, F
AU - Plaß-Christl, Angela
N1 - © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Children of mentally ill parents are known as a high-risk population for the development of psychological disturbances. In this study, the psychiatric diagnoses, the severity and chronicity and the comorbidity of a parental mental illness as well as the non-specific parameters were examined in terms of their influence on the children's mental health.METHODS: n = 62 children of psychiatric inpatients were examined regarding their psychic symptomatology, assessed with the CBCL-Parent Report Form. The psychiatric ICD-10 diagnoses and comorbidities as well as the severity (CGI) of the mentally ill parents were collected from psychiatric assessment forms.RESULTS: Children of parents with personality disorders (PD) are evaluated as highly affected by their parents, regardless of whether the PD is the primary or the comorbid diagnosis. Children of parents suffering from addictive disorders are seen as the least affected by their parents. Overall, children of parents with multiple diagnoses tend to be rated as more affected. Severity of illness and chronicity do not have a considerable impact on the children's development of mental health problems. Strikingly, children with a high length of exposure to a parental illness are psychologically less affected than children with shorter times of exposure. Thus, children possibly acquire effective coping mechanisms with increasing time of exposure.CONCLUSIONS: The results reveal the necessity of preventive programmes, especially in case of personality disorders. In addition the necessity for external assessment of the children becomes clear, especially in those cases where the parents exhibit a poor acceptance of their disease.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Children of mentally ill parents are known as a high-risk population for the development of psychological disturbances. In this study, the psychiatric diagnoses, the severity and chronicity and the comorbidity of a parental mental illness as well as the non-specific parameters were examined in terms of their influence on the children's mental health.METHODS: n = 62 children of psychiatric inpatients were examined regarding their psychic symptomatology, assessed with the CBCL-Parent Report Form. The psychiatric ICD-10 diagnoses and comorbidities as well as the severity (CGI) of the mentally ill parents were collected from psychiatric assessment forms.RESULTS: Children of parents with personality disorders (PD) are evaluated as highly affected by their parents, regardless of whether the PD is the primary or the comorbid diagnosis. Children of parents suffering from addictive disorders are seen as the least affected by their parents. Overall, children of parents with multiple diagnoses tend to be rated as more affected. Severity of illness and chronicity do not have a considerable impact on the children's development of mental health problems. Strikingly, children with a high length of exposure to a parental illness are psychologically less affected than children with shorter times of exposure. Thus, children possibly acquire effective coping mechanisms with increasing time of exposure.CONCLUSIONS: The results reveal the necessity of preventive programmes, especially in case of personality disorders. In addition the necessity for external assessment of the children becomes clear, especially in those cases where the parents exhibit a poor acceptance of their disease.
KW - Adaptation, Psychological
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Child
KW - Child of Impaired Parents
KW - Chronic Disease
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Family
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - International Classification of Diseases
KW - Male
KW - Mental Disorders
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Parents
KW - Personal Satisfaction
KW - Personality Disorders
KW - Young Adult
KW - English Abstract
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1055/s-0029-1245623
DO - 10.1055/s-0029-1245623
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
C2 - 21089005
VL - 79
SP - 32
EP - 40
JO - FORTSCHR NEUROL PSYC
JF - FORTSCHR NEUROL PSYC
SN - 0720-4299
IS - 1
ER -