Abstract
This article provides an overview of the effects of parental chronic mental illness on parenting and on the development and well-being of infants and young children. The article describes various types of chronic mental illness and discusses how illness symptoms can contribute to parenting risk. A model for understanding how chronic parental mental illness can effect child development is then presented followed by a synthesis of findings on the outcomes of young children who are reared by a parent with a chronic mental illness. Attention is given to maternal mental illnesses in the peripartum period.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
| Pages | 479-490 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Volume | 1-3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780123708779 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2008 |
Keywords
- Anxiety disorders
- Child development
- Chronic mental illness
- Infants
- Parenting
- Postpartum depression
- Postpartum psychosis
- Young children
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology