Open AccessThe importance of intervening in adult mental health services when patients are parents
Author(s) -
Camilla Lauritzen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of hospital administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-7008
pISSN - 1927-6990
DOI - 10.5430/jha.v3n6p56
Subject(s) - mental health , mental health care , clinical practice , psychology , focus (optics) , medicine , nursing , psychiatry , physics , optics
This article addresses the issue of parental mental illness. The theoretical background and rationale for developing new routines to change clinical practice is described, suggesting a policy change in which a child focus is implemented in adult mental health services. Furthermore, proposed strategies that have the potential of being effective within existing health care systems are discussed.