A period prevalence study of being a parent in a secure psychiatric hospital and a description of the parents, the children and the impact of admission on parent –child contact

ConclusionsAs the discrepancy in whether or not parent patients and their children continued contact with each other after the parent's admission seemed to depend mainly on the child's age and his or her resultant freedom to choose, acquisition of accurate data about affected children's perspective on visiting seems essential. Given that parent patients had experienced relative stability in interpersonal relationships and had rarely had childhood disorders, parenting support in conjunction with treatment seems appropriate. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Source: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - Category: Criminology Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research