While mental health services are increasingly encouraged to engage in family-focused
practice, it is a poorly understood term. The aim of review was to synthesize evidence on the …

This article provides an overview of what we know about families where a parent has a
mental illness, in order to situate the following papers for the special edition. An extensive …

Importance Existing epidemiological evidence is equivocal as to whether paternal
depression poses a consequent risk of depression in offspring; meta-analysis of findings can …

A large group of individuals suffering from mental illness are parents living with their
children. These children are invisible in the health care even though at risk for illhealth. The …

Accessible Summary What is known about the subject? There are many qualitative studies
that explore what it is like for children who live with a parent who has a mental illness. These …

This article outlines the development of p ractice s tandards for the adult mental health
workforce for addressing the needs of families where a parent has a mental illness (FaPMI) …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Existing literature provides insight into
the general experience of carers of people with a mental illness. Previous studies have …

The lack of pan–European guidelines for empowering children of parents with mental illness
led to the EU project CAMILLE–Empowerment of Children and Adolescents of Mentally Ill …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? The combination of coping with their
mental health problems and caring for children makes parents vulnerable. Family‐centred …

Several interventions have been developed to support families living with parental mental
illness (PMI). Recent evidence suggests that programmes with whole-family components …