![Mental Health Literacy for Children with a Parent with a Mental Illness [English and Spanish versions]](/media/cover_images/2ce68dfa-639e-428b-a6a6-3dee808c85c2.png)
Abstract
Promoting mental health literacy is an effective strategy to protect the wellbeing of parents with mental illness and their children. Mental health literacy is part of health literacy; it is defined as “one’s level of understanding about mental health attitudes and conditions, as well as one’s ability to prevent, recognize, and cope with these conditions” (Jorm et al., 1997 p. 182). Mental health literacy can be developed by mental health providers discussing mental illness, recovery, and coping with parents and family members, including children. Increased mental health literacy leads to engagement in mental health promotion and (for the child) prevention focused activities (Beardslee, Solantaus, Morgan, Gladstone, & Kowalenko, 2013).
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Keywords: Mental health, mental illness, parents with mental illness, children, health literacy, mental health literacy, families, psychoeducation, parental mental illness, Think Family Model, Let’s Talk about Children Program, The Think Family – Whole Family Programme, recovery, prevention, family mental health, Spanish
How to Cite:
Riebschleger, J., Grove, C., Costello, S. & Cavanaugh, D., (2018) “Mental Health Literacy for Children with a Parent with a Mental Illness [English and Spanish versions]”, Journal of Parent and Family Mental Health 3(1): 1006. doi: https://doi.org/10.7191/parentandfamily.1006
Rights: Copyright © 2018 Riebschleger et al.
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