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Building bridges: the interface between adult mental health and child protection
Author(s) -
Tye Charmian,
Precey Gretchen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
child abuse review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-0852
pISSN - 0952-9136
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0852(199905/06)8:3<164::aid-car556>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - harm , general partnership , mental health , child protection , interface (matter) , process (computing) , psychology , psychiatry , nursing , medicine , engineering , social psychology , political science , computer science , law , pulmonary surfactant , gibbs isotherm , chemical engineering , operating system
Bringing together two distinct professional systems such as adult mental health and child protection challenges our strategies for making effective working together/working in partnership arrangements. And yet failures to make these arrangements increase the risk for children who may be suffering or likely to suffer significant harm as an outcome of their parents'/carers' mental health problems. This paper offers an analysis of the challenges inherent in bringing these systems together at the assessment interface, and offers some insights into the contribution each system can make to an integrated assessment process for children and their families. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.