Engelsk titel: When parents do not feel well, children are affected
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Författare:
Olofsson, Elisabet
;
Hansson, Merike
Email: elisabet.olofsson@folkhalsomyndigheten.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 12
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 17110070
Sammanfattning
Many children grow up in families with serious problems like addiction, mental
illness and violence. Difficulties experienced by the adults may result in
shortcomings in their parenting and increased risks concerning the children’s
health, school difficulties and social exclusion. A national development work
took place in 2011-2015 aimed to increase the knowledge and strengthen
the support for these children and families. Examples of activities were establishing
sustainable structures for social support, investing in development
projects and focusing on skills development in addiction and addiction care.
One conclusion is the necessity of sustainable overall structures to support
children. Furthermore when parents seek help for their problems, family
members should be offered support both as a family and as individuals.