1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Social Sciences
3. winter term 2022/2023
4. WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Psychology - Erasmus programme
5. Supporting Children of Parents with Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

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Supporting Children of Parents with Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Abuse - course description

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is providing students with knowledge about the development, functioning and therapy in population of children with mental illness parents.

Prerequisites

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Basic knowledge about developemental and clinical psychology.

Scope

·         Risk factors for children: exposure to violence and trauma, poverty, neglect, housing and custodial instability.

·         Effects on Children: mental health/substance abuse disorders, developmental delays, stigma and isolation, parentification.

·         Protective factors for children: presence of family, positive parenting, support from peers, adults, parents, SES advantages, effective schools, role models outside the family.

·         Resilience: positive adaptation, mental health, life satisfaction, developmental traits, multifinality, equifinality, life adversity.

·         A continuum of services in life span.

Teaching methods

Discussion, case studies, literature studies, presentations.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Participation, literature studies, essay and project.

Recommended reading

·         D. Cicchetti & D. J. Cohen (Eds.), Developmental psychopathology: Vol. 1,2, 3. New York: Wiley

Further reading

·         Beardslee, W.R., Gladstone, T.R., Wright, E.J., & Cooper, A.B. (2003). A family-based approach to the prevention of depressive symptoms in children at risk: Evidence of parental and child change. Pediatrics, 112(2), e119-131.

·         Beardslee, W.R., Versage, E.M., & Gladstone, T.R. (1998). Children of affectively ill parents: A review of the past 10 years. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 37(11), 1134-1141.

·         Clarke, L.A. (2006). Wishing Wellness: A Workbook for Children of Parents with Mental Illness. New York: Magination Press.

·         Hinden, B., Biebel, K., Nicholson, J. & Mehnert, L. (2002). The Invisible Children’s Project: A Family-Centered Intervention for Parents with Mental Illness. Retrieved June 24, 2007 from http://www1.nmha.org/children/invisibleChildrensProject.pdf

·         Joseph, J.G., Joshi, S.V., Lewin, A.B. & Abrams, M. (1999). Characteristics and perceived needs of mothers with serious mental illness. Psychiatr Serv, 50(10), 1357-1359.

·         Marsh, D.T., Appleby, N.F., Dickens, R.M., Owens, M. & Young, N.O. (1993). Anguished voices: Impact of mental illness on siblings and children. Innovations & Research, 2(2), 25-33.

·         Nathiel, S. (2007). Daughters of Madness: Growing Up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother. Westport, CT: Praeger.

·         Nicholson, J., Biebel, K., Katz-Leavy, J., & Williams, V.F. (2004) The prevalence of parenthood in adults with mental illness: Implications for state and federal policymakers, programs, and providers. In: Center for Mental Health Services. “Mental Health, United States, 2002.” Manderscheid, R.W., & Henderson, M.J., eds. DHHS Pub No. (SMA) 3938. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, pp. 120-137.

·         Nomura, Y., Wickramaratne, P.J., Warner, V., Mufson, L., & Weissman, M.M. (2002). Family discord, parental depression, and psychopathology in offspring: Ten-year follow-up. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 41(4), 402-409.

·         Rutter, M., & Quinton D. (1984). Parental psychiatric disorder: Effects on children. Psychol Med, 14(4), 853–880.

·         Sameroff, A.J. & Seifer, R. (1983). Familial risk and child competence. Child Dev, 54(5), 1254-1268.

·         Sherman, M.D., & Sherman, D.M. (2007). I’m Not Alone: A Teen’s Guide to Living with a Parent Who Has a Mental Illness. Edina, MN: Beavers Pond Press.

·         Weintraub, S. & Neal, J. M. (1984). Social behavior of children at risk for schizophrenia. In N.F. Watt. E. J. Anthony, L. C. Wynne and J. E. Rolf (Eds.), Children at Risk for Schizophrenia: A Longitudinal Perspective (pp. 243-263). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Notes

*The subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.

Modified by dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska (last modification: 25-04-2022 07:52)