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Parenting within the context of mental illness: a focus on the needs of SMI parents Volume 94, issue 5, Mai 2018

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Université de Picardie Jules-Verne, Laboratoire SHS CRP-CPO (EA7273), Bureau E312, Chemin du Thil
80025 Amiens, France
* Correspondance

Based on a review of Severe Mental Illness (SMI) parenting, we explored whether Greek parents who report serious difficulties which remain unaddressed by existing services, feel more self-stigmatized and adopt less adequate parenting. One hundred SMI parents with a diagnosis of severe mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder) completed the Camberwell Assessment of Needs (CAN-R 3.0 Section 1), the abbreviated version of the Internalized Stigma for Mental Illness scale (ISMI), the Parental Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ) and the Parental Acceptance and Rejection Questionnaire (PARQ). In our sample, unmet needs were positively correlated with the total score and dimensions of the ISMI. In our sample, higher internalized stigma levels were associated with more problematic parenting practices, whereas they were correlated with a larger number of unmet needs. Our results will hopefully be useful to broaden the understanding of institutional issues regarding SMI parenting assistance services.

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