• Adult mental health outpatients who have minor children: Prevalence of parents, referrals of their children, and patient characteristics 

      Ruud, Torleif; Maybery, Darryl; Reupert, Andrea; Weimand, Bente; Foster, Kim; Grant, Anne; Skogøy, Bjørg Eva; Ose, Solveig Osborg (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-02)
      <i>Background</i>: A strong connection exists between parental mental illness and lifetime mental health risk for their children. Thus, it is important to determine, when parents attend for treatment for their illness, the prevalence and characteristics of parents with a mental illness and identify referral actions for their children. Previous studies indicate that 12–45% of adult mental health ...
    • Editorial Perspective: Prato Research Collaborative for change in parent and child mental health – principles and recommendations for working with children and parents living with parental mental illness 

      Reupert, Andrea; Bee, Penny; Hosman, Clemens M. H.; Doesum, Karin van; Drost, Louisa M.; Falkov, Adrian; Foster, Kim; Gatsou, Lina; Gladstone, Brenda; Goodyear, Melinda; Grant, Anne; Grove, Christine; Isobel, Sophie; Kowalenko, Nick; Lauritzen, Camilla; Maybery, Darryl; Mordoch, Elaine; Nicholson, Joanne; Reedtz, Charlotte; Solantaus, Tytti; Stavnes, Kristin; Weimand, Bente M.; Yates, Scott; Ruud, Torleif (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-28)
      Children whose parents have mental illnesses are among the most vulnerable in our communities. There is however, much that can be done to prevent or mitigate the impact of a parent’s illness on children. Notwithstanding the availability of several evidence-based interventions, efforts to support these children have been limited by a lack of adequate support structures. Major service reorientation ...
    • Hospitals implementing changes in law to protect children of ill parents: A cross-sectional study 

      Skogøy, Bjørg Eva; Sørgaard, Knut W.; Maybery, Darryl; Ruud, Torleif; Stavnes, Kristin Anne; Kufås, Elin; Peck, Gro Christensen; Thorsen, Eivind; Lindstrøm, Jonas Christoffer; Ogden, Terje (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-06)
      <i>Background</i>: Norway is one of the first countries to require all health professionals to play a part in prevention for children of parents with all kinds of illnesses (mental illness, drug addiction, or severe physical illness or injury) in order to mitigate their increased risk of psychosocial problems. Hospitals are required to have child responsible personnel (CRP) to promote and ...
    • Predictors of family focused practice: organisation, profession, or the role as child responsible personnel? 

      Skogøy, Bjørg Eva; Ogden, Terje; Weimand, Bente; Ruud, Torleif; Sørgaard, Knut W.; Maybery, Darryl (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-05)
      <p><i>Background - </i>Health professionals in Norway are required by law to help safeguard information and follow-up with children of parents with mental or physical illness, or who have substance abuse problems, to reduce their higher risk of psychosocial problems. Knowledge is lacking regarding whether organisation and/or worker-related factors can explain the differences in health professionals’ ...