Affiliation:
1. Escuela Internacional de Doctorado, Institute of Public and Occupational Health of Navarre Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) Madrid Spain
2. Hospital Sierrallana‐Tres Mares, Servicio Cántabro de Salud Santander Spain
3. Department of Personality Evaluation and Psychological Treatment Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) Madrid Spain
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundChildren of parents with mental disorders have a relatively high risk of developing a mental illness or behavioural disorder.ObjectiveThe aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the efficacy of preventive psychotherapeutic interventions in children of parents with mental illness. In particular, the development of mental illness and/or psychological symptomatology in this population was assessed.MethodThis qualitative systematic review looked at interventions targeting children aged 4–18 years without a diagnosed mental disorder, alone or with their families, with a parent with a diagnosed mental disorder. The protocol was pre‐registered in Open Science Framework. A total of 1255 references were retrieved from MEDLINE, PsychArticles, PsycINFO, Springer Link, Science Direct, Scopus and WOS databases, and 12 references from grey literature. This search was replicated by an external reviewer.ResultsFifteen studies involving 1941 children and 1328 parents were included. Interventions were based on cognitive‐behavioural and/or psychoeducational components, including six randomized controlled trials. Internalizing symptomatology was assessed in 80% of the studies, externalizing and prosocial behaviour in 47%, and coping style in 33%. Only two studies measured the future risk of developing a mental disorder (ORs of 2.37 and 6.6). There was variability in the format of the intervention (group; family) as well as in the type of intervention and its duration (from one session to 12 sessions).ConclusionsInterventions for children of parents with mental disorder were clinically and statistically significant, especially in preventing internalizing symptomatology at one‐year follow‐up, with effect sizes ranging from d = −0.28 to 0.57 (95% CI).
Reference95 articles.
1. Guidelines for rating Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)
2. Achenbach T. &Rescorla L.(2001).Manual for the ASEBA school‐age forms & profiles: An integrated system of multi‐informant assessment Burlington VT: University of Vermont. Research Center for Children Youth & Families 1617.
3. The effects of mental illness on parents and relationships with their children
Cited by
6 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献