Issue Brief
Authors: Genevieve Piche (Universite du Quebec en Outaouais) , Aude Villatte (Universite du Quebec en Outaouais) , Rima Habib (Universite du Quebec en Outaouais) , Kelly Vetri (Universite du Quebec en Outaouais) , William Beardslee (Boston Children's Hospital)
Children living with a parent with a depressive disorder are at higher risk for low adaptive functioning, in terms of social, academic, emotional, and mental health problems (Reupert, Maybery & Kowalenko, 2012).This brief describes FAMILLE+, a multifamily group program for parents with major depressive disorder and their 7 to 11 years old children. Its purpose is to prevent the development of mental health problems in children and to promote family resilience and was specifically adapted to fit the children's developmental (cognitive, attentional and socio-emotional) abilities.
Keywords: Picture-Story Book, Children, Major Depressive Disorder, Families, Mental Health, Bibliotherapy, Mental Health Literacy, Intergenerational Mental Health, Child-Centered Research
How to Cite: Piche, G. , Villatte, A. , Habib, R. , Vetri, K. & Beardslee, W. (2020) “FAMILLE+: A Multifamily Group Program for Families with Parental Depression”, Journal of Parent and Family Mental Health. 5(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.7191/parentandfamily.1014