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Fact sheet
Communicating with your baby when you have a mental illness
The COPMI national initiativeBabies can pick up even subtle changes in mood and behaviour when their parent is unwell. This fact sheet will help a parent with a mental illness to connect with their baby so that they feel secure and nurtured. -
Fact sheet
Talking with primary school aged children about parental mental illness
The COPMI national initiativeTalking to children about parental mental illness can help them to make sense of their parent's behaviour and contribute to their own sense of wellbeing. This fact sheet provides some tips to assist parents to talk with their children. -
Fact sheet
Talking with teenagers about parental mental illness
The COPMI national initiativeTalking with teenagers about parental mental illness can help them to make sense of their parent's behaviour and contribute to their own sense of wellbeing. This fact sheet provides some tips to assist parents to talk with their teenage children. -
In focus
In focus: AOD and the parent-child relationship
Emerging MindsWhen service providers engage with parents who are struggling with AOD (alcohol and other drugs) issues, the impact of the parent’s substance use on their children can easily be overlooked. But some simple shifts in practice position can help practitioners ‘bring children in the room’ and improve outcomes for the whole family. This article explores the impact of parental AOD problems on children and ways to effectively engage parents through supportive conversations, encouraging a preventative, collaborative approach. -
Practice paper
Parental mental health: A ‘double-storied approach’
Travis Gibson, Jacquie Lee and Daniel Moss (Emerging Minds)Intergenerational mental health and adversity can cause significant disruptions to the parent-child relationship and to children's mental health and wellbeing. This resource aims to help practitioners who work with parents affected by mental illness and identifies ways to support parents to examine 'double stories', which include their histories of adversity and challenges as well as their resilience, hopes and know-how. -
Guide
PERCS Conversation Guide: Working with substance affected parents
Emerging MindsParental substance use can affect children negatively from conception through to adulthood. But many practitioners lack confidence in talking with substance affected parents – particularly pregnant clients – about these impacts. The PERCS Conversation Guide is designed to support collaborative, respectful conversations around the impact of parental substance use on children, and improve practitioners' confidence in having these conversations. -
In focus
In focus: Talking with parents about their children
Emerging MindsThis resource provides tips for adult-focused professionals for developing skills in hearing and honouring a child's voice in absentia and in turn, improving outcomes for Australian children with mental health concerns. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: July 2021
VariousThis July research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for that month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided. -
Online course
Parental mental illness and child-aware practice
Emerging MindsMany parents with mental illness will have the capacity, strengths and supports to help their children thrive. However, without the right support, parental mental illness can have long-term impacts on children’s mental health, development and wellbeing. This course guides you through a framework for conducting sensitive and respectful conversations with parents about their mental health, and how it might be affecting their parenting and their children's social and emotional wellbeing. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: June 2021
VariousThis June research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for that month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: May 2021
VariousThis May research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for that month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: April 2021
VariousThis April research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for that month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided.