Parenting experiences of mothers living with a chronic mental illness
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Parenting among mothers with a serious mental illness.
In the past few decades, deinstitutionalization and community-based rehabilitation and support programs have increased the likelihood that women with serious mental disorders will be parents and will raise their children. This review describes what is known about the parenting of these women, focusing on diagnosis, child characteristics, and other contextual effects.
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عنوان ژورنال: Health SA Gesondheid
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1025-9848
DOI: 10.1016/j.hsag.2015.04.004