Overview

The Welfare of Children with Mentally Ill Parents examines theinterventions made by professional workers from a range ofdifferent disciplines in families with dependent children and amentally ill parent. The authors compare responses of professionalsin ten European countries and one state in Australia. The analysisof the differences sheds new light on both the inherent andsystem-determined difficulties in helping families to manage theirsituation effectively. * Features the only comparative study of mental health socialservices and the law governing compulsory hospital admission * Covers a current ""hot-button"" topic that is growing in importanceas the impact of social policy developments on children over timebecomes more apparent * Offers a unique perspective due to the focus on the impact ofchildren of mentally ill parents and the international systems thatdeal with child protection

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..Overall this is an excellent book (Mental health Today, May 2002) ...I would strongly recommend this book... (Child & Family Social Work, Vol.7, No.3, 2002) ...Much can be learned from international comparison studies... (Int Jnl of Adolescent Medicine and Health, Vol.14, No.2, 2002) ...This book is fascinating reading... (The British Journal of Social Work, Vol.32, No.7, 2002) ...found this book to be a comprehensive treatment of the subject... (Child Abuse Review, May 2003) ...an important contribution to the debate...we can certainly learn from the evidence presented in this book...(Child Abuse Review, Vol 12 2003)

..Overall this is an excellent book (Mental health Today, May 2002) ...I would strongly recommend this book... (Child & Family Social Work, Vol.7, No.3, 2002) ...Much can be learned from international comparison studies... (Int Jnl of Adolescent Medicine and Health, Vol.14, No.2, 2002) ...This book is fascinating reading... (The British Journal of Social Work, Vol.32, No.7, 2002) ...found this book to be a comprehensive treatment of the subject... (Child Abuse Review, May 2003) ...an important contribution to the debate...we can certainly learn from the evidence presented in this book...(Child Abuse Review, Vol 12 2003)

..Overall this is an excellent book (Mental health Today, May2002) ...I would strongly recommend this book... (Child& Family Social Work, Vol.7, No.3, 2002) ...Much can be learned from international comparisonstudies... (Int Jnl of Adolescent Medicine and Health, Vol.14,No.2, 2002) ...This book is fascinating reading... (The BritishJournal of Social Work, Vol.32, No.7, 2002) ...found this book to be a comprehensive treatment of thesubject... (Child Abuse Review, May 2003) ...an important contribution to the debate...wecan certainly learn from the evidence presented in thisbook...(Child Abuse Review, Vol 12 2003)

Author Information

Rachael Hetherington is the author of The Welfare of Children with Mentally Ill Parents: Learning from Inter-Country Comparisons, published by Wiley. Karen Baistow is the author of The Welfare of Children with Mentally Ill Parents: Learning from Inter-Country Comparisons, published by Wiley. Ilan Katz is the author of The Welfare of Children with Mentally Ill Parents: Learning from Inter-Country Comparisons, published by Wiley. Jeffrey Mesie is the author of The Welfare of Children with Mentally Ill Parents: Learning from Inter-Country Comparisons, published by Wiley. Judith Trowell is the author of The Welfare of Children with Mentally Ill Parents: Learning from Inter-Country Comparisons, published by Wiley.

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