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Assessing Parental Mental Health

Resources for screening and assessing parental mental health.

	National Mental Health Association Provides mental health information to the public and professionals to encourage reform and promote the use of effective local and regional prevention and recovery programs.

Brief Maternal Depression Screening at Well-Child Visits
Olson, Dietrich, Prazar, & Hurley
Pediatrics, 118(1), 2006
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Examines the feasibility and yield of maternal depression screening during well-child visits.

Issues in Parenting by Clients With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness: A Survey of Experts
Ackerson & Venkataraman
Journal of Family Social Work, 7(1), 2003
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Outlines several recommendations for appropriate assessment strategies of parents with a mental illness.

Mental Health Assessment and Environmentally Inclusive Treatment for Abused Children and Low-Income, Multiethnic, and/or Multiproblem Families
Hoffman (2001)
In Innovative Practices With Vulnerable Children and Families
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Diagnosing and understanding how environmental factors contribute to mental illness, substance abuse, and child abuse.

	Related Information Gateway Topics Child abuse & neglect: Risk & protective factors - Personality characteristics/mental health Systemwide: Mental health services

Updated on April 3, 2009