Insight Into Mental Illness and Child Maltreatment Risk Among Mothers With Major Psychiatric Disorders

Mullick, M. N.; Miller, Laura J.; Jacobsen, Teresa

doi:10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.488

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“…A recent study (Mullick, Miller, & Jacobsen, 2000) found that the level of insight a mother has into her mental illness is significantly negatively correlated to her risk of abusing her children. Insight into mental illness was also significantly positively correlated with ratings of maternal sensitivity.…”

Section: Child Welfarementioning

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Critical Issues for Parents with Mental Illness and their Families

Nicholson¹,

Biebel²,

Hinden³

et al. 2001

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Section: Child Welfarementioning

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Critical Issues for Parents with Mental Illness and their Families

Nicholson¹,

Biebel²,

Hinden³

et al. 2001

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“…Maternal mental distress can be associated with increased rate of stillbirth, pre-term birth, post-natal specialist care for the baby, and low birth-weight babies (Ding et al, 2014, Kim et al, 2013. Untreated mental health 4 problems in pregnancy are also associated with poorer long-term outcomes for children, including decreased emotional and cognitive development, and difficulties developing and maintaining relationships and attachment (Fendrich et al, 1990, Goodman and Brumley 1990, Hammen et al, 1990, Kelly et al, 1999, Mullick et al, 2001. While perinatal mental health issues are a major health concern, early detection, prompt intervention, and support can improve maternal and infant outcomes.…”

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Mothers with mental health problems: Contrasting experiences of support within maternity services in the Republic of Ireland

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Objective: to explore the views and experiences of women with mental health difficulties, in the Republic of Ireland, accessing and receiving care from publicly-funded maternity care services during pregnancy, childbirth and immediate postnatal period in hospital.Participants: In total 20 women with a range of mental health problems were recruited. The women had given birth within maternity services with and without specialist perinatal mental health services.Design: A qualitative descriptive design using in-depth face to face interviews was used to explore women's experience. Data were analysed using an inductive thematic process.Findings: the study offers valuable insights into the maternity care experiences of women with mental health problems, and highlights the deficits and fragmentation of care in maternity units that do not have a specialist mental health service. Even when the women voluntarily disclosed their difficulties, midwives appeared to lack the knowledge and skills to respond sensitively and responsively.Key conclusions and implications for practice: there is a need to expand perinatal mental health services in the Republic of Ireland, so that quality service provision is not dependent on geography. In addition, there is a need for education to address the lack of knowledge and understanding of perinatal mental health problems amongst maternity care practitioners.

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“…The child welfare field continues to distinguish between situations where a child is at risk of maltreatment and situations where incidents of maltreatment have occurred (Berger and Brooks-Gunn 2005;Hamilton-Giachritsis and Browne 2005;Jaudes and Mackey-Bilaver 2008;Mullick et al 2001;Portwood 1999;Scannapieco and Connell Carrick 2003). In practice, child welfare workers investigate and intervene in many situations in which children have not yet been physically harmed but have been maltreated, and situations where children live in environments and with caregivers whose risk factors increase the likelihood that they will experience maltreatment (Bala 2004;Trocmé et al 2010a).…”

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Untangling Risk of Maltreatment from Events of Maltreatment: An Analysis of the 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2008)

Fallon

Trocmé

MacLaurin

et al. 2011

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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This paper describes the methodological changes that occurred across cycles of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS), specifically outlining the rationale for tracking investigations of families with children at risk of maltreatment in the CIS-2008 cycle. This paper also presents analysis of data from the CIS-2008 examining the differences between those investigations focusing on risk of maltreatment and those investigations focusing on an incident of maltreatment. The CIS-2008 uses a multi-stage sampling design. The final sample selection stage involves identifying children for which (a) there was a concern of a specific incident of maltreatment, and (b) there was no specific concern of past maltreatment but the risk of future maltreatment was being assessed. The present analysis included 11,925 investigations based on specific inclusion criteria. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to better understand maltreatment and risk only investigations in the CIS-2008. Families investigated for alleged maltreatment, compared to those investigated for future risk, were more likely to live in a home that was overcrowded, live with the presence of at least one household hazard, and run out of money for basic necessities. Younger children were more likely to be the subject of a risk investigation. Caregiver alcohol abuse, household hazards, and certain child functioning issues were associated with an increased Int

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Insight Into Mental Illness and Child Maltreatment Risk Among Mothers With Major Psychiatric Disorders

Abstract: Insight into mental illness may function as a protective factor that influences the risk of child maltreatment in mothers with mental illness. Measures of insight could be usefully incorporated into comprehensive parenting assessments for mothers with psychiatric disorders.

Cited by 75 publications

References 34 publications

Critical Issues for Parents with Mental Illness and their Families

Critical Issues for Parents with Mental Illness and their Families

Mothers with mental health problems: Contrasting experiences of support within maternity services in the Republic of Ireland

Untangling Risk of Maltreatment from Events of Maltreatment: An Analysis of the 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2008)

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