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Report
Reviews of the ‘SMILES program’ for young people with a parent or sibling who has a mental illness
Prepared by AIFSAccess program evaluations of the SMILES program ('Simplifying Mental Illness + Life Enhancement Skills'). This is a peer-supported program for children who have a parent or sibling experiencing mental illness. Evaluations from Canada, Australia and America. -
Guide
My child’s support network
Emerging MindsThis guide was originally developed in partnership with parents who live with a mental illness, their children and supporters. It will help you to think about the relationships in your child’s life, and to identify how these relationships can support your child and family. -
Fact sheet
‘Pathways of care’ resource
The COPMI national initiativeThe pathways of care resource has been developed for professionals working with parents who experience mental illness and their families. It offers the opportunity to map out services within a community that families are connected with (or could connect with) to support their needs. -
Report
Mental Health Resilience in the Adolescent Offspring of Parents with Depression: A Prospective Longitudinal Study
The Lancet Journal of PsychiatryThis Lancet Journal of Psychiatry report focuses on adolescent resilience where teens have a parent with depression. -
Book
What’s Up With Our Parents? A Handbook For Older Children and Adolescents Whose Mother or Father has Mental Health Problems
Tytti SolantausThis booklet was written in Finland and translated into English for young people who have a parent who experiences mental illness. It attempts to explain what mental health problems are, and answer common questions that young people have. -
Book
Ruby’s Dad – A story about living with a parent who is a heavy drinker
Health Promotion AgencyThis storybook (which features a first page with guidelines for parents or carers to read) is for children aged 6-11 years whose parent or relative has a drinking problem. -
Book
‘Ruby’s Dad’ – with guidelines and prompts for clinicians
Health Promotion Agency & SkylightThis storybook is for children aged 6-11 years whose parent or relative has a drinking problem. The first pages feature guidelines and suggestions for clinicians about the different ways the text can be used. The following pages feature the book itself. -
Book
Even Mummy Cries
Naomi Hunter'Even Mummy Cries' is a beautifully illustrated storybook which explores issues surrounding mental health and wellbeing to young children in an age-appropriate way. -
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What is child mental health?
Mental health is something that all people have, from infants right through to adults, and it exists on a continuum ranging from good, to times when a person is feeling less well, to a variety of mental health difficulties. -
Work-topic
Children’s rights
Upholding and protecting children’s rights is essential to promoting their mental health. As a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRoC)1, Australia has a responsibility to ensure that children’s best interests are reflected in policy and program planning, and that children are widely supported… -
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The child and their local ecology
More than any other age group, the wellbeing of infants and children is dependent on their social and environmental context. Infant and child mental health is best understood within a framework that accounts for individual child characteristics, family strengths and vulnerabilities, and broader community, social and economic factors. -
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Trauma informed
Trauma involves experiences that overwhelm a person’s ability to cope. Trauma-informed care is a framework for service delivery based on an understanding of how trauma affects people’s lives and service needs. Trauma-informed care can be described as a framework for human service delivery that is based on knowledge and understanding…