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Title
The silent parent: parenthood and mental illness: a journey through the lived experiences of illness
Author/Creator
Boursnell, Melanie
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science
Description
This book explores the experiences of parents with mental illness. The stories reflect the in-depth interviews with parents with mental illness alongside conversations about national and state mental health policies. Analysis of the interviews are assimilated to provide a clear picture of the troubled terrain faced by parents with mental illness. The narratives reveal stories of long-term mental health issues for parents with mental illness whose parenting role is largely unsupported. This book provides a greater understanding of how parents negotiate their parenting role within the context of socially prescribed notions, limited agency, and limited capacity due to a lack of support services for parents with mental illness. This book documents for the first time parenthood as lived by parents with mental illness, it also offers theories as to how the gaps in policies and services can be filled to support the ‘silent’ parents whose parenthood is so often unacknowledged the lack of attention paid to their mental illness.
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https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/silent-parent-parenthood/isbn/978-3-639-20122-2
Date
2009
Publisher
VDM Verlag Dr Müller
Keyword(s)
parents;  mental disabilities;  mental illnesses;  children
Resource Type
book
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/917419
Identifier
ISBN:9783639201222
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