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Resources for Early Childhood Workers

Book/s

Website/Online

Helpline/s

Package/Kits

Factsheet/Pamphlets

Newsletter/s

CD/DVD/Videos

Care Plans

Other Literature

Book/s

Best for Me and My Baby: Managing mental health during pregnancy and early parenthood.   COPMI  
A booklet developed with and for women with a mental health problem or mental illness - and their partners - who are thinking about having a baby, are new parents or are about to have a baby. It encourages health professionals and parents to work together to manage mental health during pregnancy and early parenthood and provides tips for parents and for supporting family and friends.
Downloadable from this site or via the online order form.
Available via: Web
COPMI
Web:http://www.copmi.net.au

Children of Parents with Mental Illness   Vicki Cowling   1999
Children of Parents with Mental Illness is a groundbreaking study into the frequently overlooked impact on children whose parents have a mental illness.

By balancing theory with first-hand experiences from parents and adult children, it examines the nature of a wide range of psychological disorders.Through case studies, it analyses a parent's ability to still function in the role of caregiver, and the impact their illness can have on their children.

Children of Parents with Mental Illness describes a possible model of inter-agency support and provides information that was initiated in the southern metropolitan region of Melbourne.

Available via: Email
ACER Press
347 Camberwell Rd Camberwell 3124  (03) 9835 7447
Email:  sales@acer.edu.au
Web:http://www.acer.edu.au

Children of Parents with Mental Illness 2: Personal and Clinical Perspectives   Vicki Cowling   2004
Looks at the insights and experiences of children and adults who have lived or grown up with parents with a mental illness. The experiences highlight the need to think of all family members when a parent has a mental illness and identifies the needs of children who need to belong and have someone to talk to about their experiences.
Complimenting these personal accounts are clinical chapters written by Australian practitioners with a rich and diverse range of experiences.
Available via: Phone
Australian Council of Educational Research (ACER)
 (03) 9277 5656
Web:http://www.acerpress.com.au
Review available from: COPMI site

Children of parents with mental illnesses.   Nicholson, J., Cooper, J., Freed, R., & Isaacs, M.   2008
Chapter in 'Family influences on childhood behavior and development'. Gullotta, T.P. & Blau, G. (Eds.). New York: Routledge.
Available via: Bookstore/Retail

Helping To Piece The Puzzle Together: An Early Childhood Worker supplement to Piecing the Puzzle Together   COPMI   2009
An associated resource to assist early childhood workers who work with children and families where a parent has a mental illness or mental health problem. It was produced with input from staff in child care centres and junior primary education.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.copmi.net.au/

Infants of parents with mental illness: Developmental, clinical, cultural and personal perspectives.   Sved Williams, A. & Cowling, V. (Eds)   2008
This book incorporates the lived experience of family members, including grandparents, siblings, mothers and fathers, with other chapters written by a multi-disciplinary group of Australian health professionals. In addressing clinical, developmental, cultural and personal perspectives, it overviews the field of infant mental health.
Available via: Web
Australian Academic Press
 07 3257 1176
Email:  mailto:aap@australianacademicpress.com.au
Web:https://www.australianacademicpress.com.au/books/details/100/Infants_of_Parents_with_Mental_Illness_Developmental_Clinical_Cultural_and_Personal_Perspectives

Parenting   Nicholson, J. & Miller, L.J   2008
Chapter in 'Clinical Handbook of Schizophrenia' (Mueser & Jeste, Eds.) New York: The Guildford Press.
Available via: Bookstore/Retail

Parenting Well When You're Depressed   Joanne Nicholson   2001
Parents who have experienced depression have actively participated in the development of this resource guide.
Available via: Bookstore/Retail
New Harbinger Publishing, Oakland CA ISBN 1-57224-251-5

Wow! I'm a Dad! the most important job I'll ever have.   Developed by: South Western Sydney Area Health Service, Tresilian, Karitane and Northern Sydney and Central Coast Men's Health Unit   2005
The booklet provides practical advice and solutions to common issues faced by first time fathers, and addresses the psychological, emotional and physical changes experienced by first time fathers during the second and third trimester of pregnancy and first few weeks post birth.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.menshealthaustralia.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=285&Itemid=96

Website/Online

Attachment Resources Website  
Attachment Resources is a group of like minded professionals, parents and community members interested in promoting the future mental health of the community by encouraging attachment based parenting methods and therapeutic options.

Available via: Web
Email:  attachmentresources@ozemail.com.au
Web:http://www.attachmentresources.com.au

Australian Breastfeeding Association Website  
The Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) is an organisation of people interested in the promotion and protection of breastfeeding. Amongst these are breastfeeding women and their partners and health professionals such as doctors, lactation consultants and midwives. ABA was founded in Melbourne, Victoria in 1964 (as the Nursing Mothers' Association), with the primary aim of giving mother-to-mother support to breastfeeding women.

The Association is supported by health authorities and specialists in infant and child health and nutrition, including a panel of distinguished honorary advisers. ABA is recognised internationally as a source of accurate information about breastfeeding management and research.

With the support of the Lactation Resource Centre (LRC), ABA provides information to its counsellors and educates the wider community, from preschools to universities and professional organisations. ABA's voluntary breastfeeding counsellors are experienced mothers who have completed an intensive training programme and have successfully breastfed their own children. They are bound by a code of ethics and offer their support over the telephone, in person and through a wide range of literature.

Since its inception over 200,000 people have been members of ABA and thousands more have used the telephone counselling services, literature and community education opportunities. ABA is one of the largest non-profit self-help groups in Australia.

Available via: Web
Email:  info@breastfeeding.asn.au
Web:http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au

Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network (ACATLGN)  
The Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network (ACATLGN) is for everyone involved in the care of children/youth and interested in the potential impact of trauma, loss and grief experiences.

ACATLGN focuses on:

- bringing together stakeholders in the areas of practice, policy and research related to children and adolescents with experiences of trauma, loss and grief

- supporting local and national networking and linkages between people responsible for, or working with , children, adolescents and their families

- offering the best available knowledge, information and resources to support service providers, researchers, educators, trainers, policy makers and advocates. 


The website contains key resources covering the spectrum of trauma, loss and grief experiences for children and adolescents. You can become a member of the network for free and this offers the opportunity for professionals to network with others in this area as well as receive regular newsletters and updates.
Available via: Web
Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network (ACATLGN)
Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University Canberra  Email:  earlytraumagrief@anu.edu.au
Web:http://www.earlytraumagrief.anu.edu.au/

Carers Australia Website  
The Carers Australia website provides information for family carers.

Carers provide unpaid care and support to family members and friends who have a disability, mental illness, chronic condition, terminal illness or who are frail.

Available via: Web
 1800 242 636
Web:http://www.carersaustralia.com.au

COMIC WA (COMIC - Children Of Mentally Ill Consumers)  
Aims & Objectives

COMIC will:

- Advocate for services to be made available to all families where a family member has a mental illness

- Be guided by the experiences of children and adult children who have a parent with a mental illness

- Lobby Government to provide funding for services where mental illness is present in families

- Map any existing programs that deliver services to children who have a family member with a mental illness

- Provide education to families Government and Non-Government agencies about the needs of children who have a parent with a mental illness

- Promote the Family Support Program and provide research and information to MIFWA that informs the Family Support Program
Available via: Web
COMIC WA
Web:http://www.comicwa.org/

Families where a Parent has a Mental Illness (FaPMI) Website  
For children who have an adult family member with a mental illness or mental health issues.
Check the 'Service Directory' tab on website for information about FaPMI.

Available via: Web
Web:http://www.easternhealth.org.au/fapmi.aspx

Families where a parent has a mental illness: Service development strategy  2007
This strategy has been developed to assist a range of services to provide more timely and coordinated family and personal supports for parents to be and parents experiencing a mental illness, those caring for them and their children. It is part of the Victorian Government's 'A Fairer Victoria' commitment to support vulnerable families and improve the safety, health, development, learning and wellbeing of infants, children, young people and families.

Parents with a mental illness can feel isolated and unsupported. The 'Families where a Parent has a Mental Illness (FaPMI) Strategy encourages family focused practice through workforce training and networking to ensure timely identification and appropriate referrals to supportive services and so reduce the possible impact of parental mental illness on the family.
Available via: Web
The Families where a Parent has a Mental Illness (FaPMI)
Web:http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/health/mentalhealth/families/index.htm

Family Connections  
Family Connections is a program of Children's Hospital Boston. The Family Connections project was launched in 2003 as an initiative to support early childhood programs in their mental health outreach to families facing adversities, particularly parental depression. Through an Innovation and Improvement Grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Head Start, as well as from key community partners, Family Connections has designed and implemented an innovative preventive intervention model in 10 Head Start and Early Head Start Centers in the Boston area. In our partnerships, we have provided training, mental health consultation, classroom interventions, and ongoing supervision to staff.
The Family Connections materials provide staff with information, learning opportunities, and a description of the crucial ways programs can better understand and respond to the needs of children and families. These resources are designed to promote the professional skills of Self Reflection, Self-Care, and Perspective Taking.
Available via: Web
Family Connections - Children's Hospital Boston
Web:http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/health/Mental%20Health/Resources%20&%20Support%20for%20Families/Parental%20Depression/FamilyConnection.htm

Foundations  2010
Early childhood is a critical window for people?s social and emotional development and this has important implications for health and learning outcomes later in life.

Resilience and mental health can be promoted by establishing positive relationships and environments in early childhood and by responding to the needs of children and families who face particular challenges. Children?s services staff play an important role in supporting children?s development and wellbeing.

Foundations is a magazine-style professional development resource distributed to children's services staff in the Hunter, Mudgee and Taree areas. It provides theory and practical ideas, as well as interviews and suggestions from local practitioners.

Foundations is produced by the Hunter Institute of Mental Health in partnership with local early childhood services and staff. The initiative is funded by Xstrata Coal through its Corporate Social Involvement program.


For more information or to provide us with feedback, please contact Project Officer Ellen Newman at details below.

You can download each issue of Foundations, or selected articles, by choosing from the links on the website.
Available via: Web
 (02) 4924 6941
Email:  Ellen.Newman@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Web:http://www.himh.org.au/site/index.cfm?display=159592

Harvard University: Center on the Developing Child  
Drawing on the resources available across Harvard University's schools and affiliated hospitals, the Center on the Developing Child generates, translates, and applies knowledge in the service of improving life outcomes for children in the United States and throughout the world.

This website covers a broad range of topics including: Science of Early Childhood, Understanding Intervention, Science and policy, New Research, Learning Opportunities, Child and Family Mental Health.

Visit the 'Library' for a comprehensive array of briefing papers, reports and articles.

Available via: Web
Web:http://developingchild.harvard.edu/

International Young Carer Programs Directory  2010
A resource for individuals and organisations looking for innovative ways to support young carers who have a parent with a mental illness and to facilitate the collaboration between agencies state wide, nationally and internationally.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.waamh.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67:international-young-carers-program-document-cd&catid=91:information-and-cds&Itemid=70

Kids Central  
The kit was developed in response to a research project conducted by the Institute on experiences of homelessness for accompanying children.

Staff met with children and talked to them about what life was like for them when they were homeless, what they felt they and their families wanted and needed and how they thought kids might get better support.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.acu.edu.au/about_acu/research/our_research/research_centres_-and-_institutes/institute_of_child_protection_studies/kids_central/

Kids Matter Early Childhood  
KidsMatter Early Childhood is a national early childhood mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention initiative specifically developed for early childhood services, including preschools and long day care. It involves the people who have a significant influence on young children?s lives ? parents, carers, families and early childhood professionals, along with a range of community and health professionals ? in making a positive difference to young children?s mental health and wellbeing during this important developmental period.


Available via: Web
Web:http://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/ec/

Mental Health and Well Being Website  
The website provides information on the Australian Government's role and contributions to mental health reform activities in Australia.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.mentalhealth.gov.au

Mental health problems during pregnancy and after giving birth  2007
This booklet is about the care and treatment of women with mental health problems in the antenatal period (during pregnancy) and in the postnatal period (the first year after giving birth) in the NHS in England and Wales.
Available via: Web
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (UK)
Web:http://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/service-users-and-carers/your-mental-health/

Multicultural Mental Health Australia Website  
A national leader in mental health and suicide prevention for Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities the MMHA's objective is to provide consumers, carers and mental health professionals with the latest information on resources, services, research, conferences and events relating to multicultural mental health.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.mmha.org.au/

Mychild Website  
The mychild.gov.au website provides information on different types of child care and how to access assistance with the cost of child care. There is a database you can search to locate and access a street view of child care services in your local area. In many cases, you will also be able to find the service's vacancy and fee information. You will also find links to other useful websites about children's health and wellbeing, parenting and family support services.

Available via: Web
Web:http://www.mychild.gov.au

Parenting Well (USA)  
Includes resources for families and service providers on the topic of parenting and mental illness.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.parentingwell.org/

Relationships Australia Online Counselling  
Relationships Australia provides relationship support services to enhance human and family relationships. A face-to-face counselling Service, as well as an online counselling service is available.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.relationshiphelponline.com.au/

Talking to dads about bonding  2011
Information for dads about bonding (attachment) between father and infant and how the emotional connection between dad and baby will influence their child's development.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.newcastle.edu.au/research-centre/fac/research/fathers/

Who are Young Carers?  2010
YouTube presentation developed by a young carer.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujwg73SjYOA

Package/Kits

7 Steps to Safety kit  
7 Steps to Safety - a kit for parents and carers of children of all ages. It can help give children the skills and confidence they need to feel and be safe at home. Each step can be adapted to suit the needs of individual children, families and cultures.
Available via: Web
NT Families and Children, Department of Health and Families
Web:http://www.childrenandfamilies.nt.gov.au/Families/7_Steps_to_Safety/index.aspx

Dual Diagnosis Support Kit  2006
The Dual Diagnosis Support Kit includes information for workers, foster carers, and parents with dual diagnosis - as well as two storybooks for children aged 5 -7 years and 8 -12 years, plus a handy wallet-sized information card for adolescents.
The kit is downloadable from the DoCS website and available through the website free of charge.

Available via: Web
 (02) 9716 2356
Web:http://www.nscchealth.nsw.gov.au/carersupport/fami/ddkit/default.shtml

HeretoHelp  2009
The BC Partners 'toolkits' - manuals to help you build knowledge and practice skills to manage a mental health or substance use problem, or support a loved one to do so. All of them all profiled in the 'Learn Skills' section by topic area, or by publication name below (if you know the one you want to find):

Anxiety Disorders Toolkit: A manual specially tailored for those with anxiety problems or a diagnosed anxiety disorder. A comprehensive and helpful resource that also features quizzes.

Depression Toolkit: A manual specially tailored for those with a diagnosis of depression or other mood disorders.

Family Self-Care and Recovery From Mental Illness Manual: This manual is designed for families of people dealing with a mental illness. It will help family members be informed caregivers, including taking care of themselves and other family members and maintaining their own health.

How You Can Help: A Toolkit for Families (aka the Family Toolkit): If you're a family member, friend or other carer, this workbook aims to help walk you through what you need to know about helping someone you love struggling with a mental or substance use disorder.

Mental Disorders Toolkit: An interactive experience to help you, or a loved one, better manage a mental disorder on a day-to-day basis and develop a plan to prevent relapse.

Problem Substance Use Workbook: A series of worksheets and guidelines designed to help individuals and families struggling with problems from alcohol or other drug use, wherever they may be on their road to behaviour change.

Wellness Modules: A series of worksheets on various topics to do with mental well-being including stress management, exercise, nutrition, emotions, relationships and thinking patterns. A useful resource for everyone.
Available via: Web
HeretoHelp (a project of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information)
Web:http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/publications/toolkits

Maternal Depression? Making a Difference Through Community Action: A Planning Guide.  2009
This Guide aims to:
- Build awareness and acceptance of the need for a family-focused, community-driven approach
- Strengthen the capacity of communities to mobilise around a significant public health issue
- Promote the use of state, local and even neighborhood partners
- Spur strategic thinking that leads to effective community action and change.
Available via: Web
Mental Health America
Web:http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/maternal-depression

Tool kit for Carers of People with Mental Illness  2009
This Tool Kit has been produced by the. Lifeline Information Service to provide some tips, suggestions and guidelines that will help assist in supporting a friend or relative with a mental illness.
facing a mental illness.
Available via: Web
Lifeline
Web:http://www.lifeline.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/7904/Lifeline_Carers_Toolkit_Feb09.pdf

You Can Ask! Guide for Parents and Caregivers  
You Can Ask! offers ideas for helping 3 to 8 year-old children build important social and emotional skills as well as cope with whatever comes their way. Troubling and uncertain times have an emotional impact on adults as well as children. These tips can help you and your child face and talk about unsettling events.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.sesameworkshop.org/cms_services/services?action=download&uid=ef61f547-8d40-4cd9-86bd-9e1100c9085a

Factsheet/Pamphlets

Ability to cope: Building resilience in yourself and your child  
Family Connections is a program of Children's Hospital Boston. The Family Connections project was launched in 2003 as an initiative to support early childhood programs in their mental health outreach to families facing adversities, particularly parental depression. Through an Innovation and Improvement Grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Head Start, as well as from key community partners, Family Connections has designed and implemented an innovative preventive intervention model in 10 Head Start and Early Head Start Centers in the Boston area. In our partnerships, we have provided training, mental health consultation, classroom interventions, and ongoing supervision to staff.
The Family Connections materials provide staff with information, learning opportunities, and a description of the crucial ways programs can better understand and respond to the needs of children and families. These resources are designed to promote the professional skills of Self Reflection, Self-Care, and Perspective Taking.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.childrenshospital.org/clinicalservices/Site2684/mainpageS2684P9.html

Can a Depressed Parent be a Good Parent ? You Bet!  
This is a downloadable pamphlet.
Available via: Web
Web:http://www.experiencejournal.com/depression/pdfs/goodparent.pdf

SANE - Guides  
Complete set of SANE guides, easy-to-read booklets on mental illness and related issues written in everyday language. Includes 16 booklets on bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, consumers, families, children & young people, medication and other treatments, healthy living, staying alive, drugs, reducing stigma, mental illness in the workplace, getting back to work and quitting smoking. Designed specifically for people with mental illness and their families.
Available via: Web
SANE Australia
Web:http://www.sane.org/search?searchword=guides&ordering=&searchphrase=all

CD/DVD/Videos

Feelings  
Sesame Playlists are a collection of games and videos that have been carefully selected to provide your child with just the right mix of entertainment and education.

A playlist includes seven games or videos based on content grouped around an educational theme, some are all videos, others are all games, and some are a combination of the two.

Some of the feelings explored in this playlist include angry, being mad, how do I feel, happy?
Availabile via: Web Web:http://www.sesamestreet.org/browseplaylistsbysubject

It's only 1/100th me' Stories of 6 People Challenging Stigma and Discrimination Surrounding Mental Illness.  2007
This project is the start of a campaign to challenge stigma and discrimination towards people experiencing mental illness. In the first stage we have produced a DVD of people's stories.
The DVD presents personal experiences of stigma, discrimination and their impacts. The DVD also describes experiences of inclusion and the importance of being accepted and valued.
Go to www.nswcag.org.au and click on 'Our Work' then 'Projects' and 'Challenging
Stigma and Discrimination'.

Copies of the DVD can also be purchased for
$5. Contact us at NSW CAG on 9332 0200 or mokeeff@nswcag.org.au.
Availabile via: Web NSW CAG - New South Wales Consumer Advisory Group
 02 9332 0200
Email:  mokeeff@nswcag.org.au
Web:http://www.nswcag.org.au/page/challenging_stigma__discrimination.html

My mom still loves me  
This package includes a book called "Bad Weather Good Weather" and the video "Cat-a-lion", suitable for young children (under 5 years). The video is in puppet form. Cat-a-lion goes to stay with Janet and her mother while his mother is in hospital as she is very unwell with a mental illness. Duration: Approx. 20 minutes Cost Approx. $200 Australian
Availabile via: Email Turtle Creek Mental Health, USA
Email:  Ashanks@tcvmhmr.org

When a parent has a mental illness  
Did you know that there are lots of children who have a parent who might take medicine for feeling sad, getting very angry for no reason, not wanting to join in with things or saying and doing strange things?

That may be because they have a mental illness.

This video gives an idea of what might be going on for some and is aimed at young carers themselves.

Young carers talk about their lives caring for a parent with mental illness. Narrated by Chineye, a young carer herself, the film also explains in a very simple and visual way how the brain works and what happens when things go wrong.
Availabile via: Web Web:http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/youngpeople/caringforaparent.aspx

Care Plans

Baby Care Plan  2004
Care plan for parents to complete providing instructions for the care of an infant while the parent/s is unavailable.
Available via: Web
AICAFMHA
Web:http://www.copmi.net.au/common/download.html

Family Support Plan  2006
The Family Safety Plan is aimed at minimising the disruption that occurs when a parent is hospitalised. It can be used when the parent or caregiver is well and the information can be shared with those providing support. It specifies emergency care options, custodial restrictions, medical requirements/medications etc, school/daycare contacts, children?s routines and needs etc.
Available via: Email
The Koping Program (Child & Youth Mental Health Service)
31-33 Robinson Road Nundah  4012  (07) 3266 3100
Email: koping@health.qld.gov.au

Ulysses Agreement - British Columbia Schizophrenia Society  2010
A Ulysses Agreement is a voluntary process, a plan that outlines to others what they should and should not do to support the children and the parent/s. It also allows the parent to plan how their children will be cared for should they relapse and be temporally unable to care for their children. The wellness part of the plan uses components of the Wellness Recovery Plan (WRAP) as designed by Mary Ellen Copeland. A wellness plan outlines what a person does everyday to be the healthiest they can be.

The Ulysses Agreement is designed so that parents with the mental health concern can build a support team (professional & non-professional) that will meet the family?s needs during times of struggle therefore meeting the safety needs of children. This means that it reduces the need for child welfare organisation to become involved with the family.

Ulysses Agreements can be designed for children, youth and adult needs as well. This particular agreement is designed to meet parent's needs.

This document is meant to be a guide. A good Ulysses Agreement is always unique to the person developing it. Feel free to adapt and change it as you need.
Available via: Web
British Columbia Schizophrenia Society
Web:http://www.bcss.org/2009/12/programs/ulysses-agreement-planning-for-support/

Other Literature

Early Childhood and Parenting Services Scoping Study  
In 2007, the Hunter Institute of Mental Health was funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) to undertake the Early Childhood and Parenting Services Scoping Study (ECPSSS). The purpose of the study was to provide an overview of the mental health services available for children and adolescents across Australia; and the service system available to support families from a mental health, illness prevention and early intervention perspective.

Completed over a four month period, the scoping process included a search and examination of relevant policies and strategic initiatives; a literature review on the types of parenting support with evidence of effectiveness; and interviews with key informants from each state and territory. Over 50 key informant interviews were conducted with representatives of government departments responsible for child health, mental health, child welfare, community services, disability and education. The interviews focused on service system characterisation and provided an opportunity for key informants to indicate areas of unmet need and opportunities that could be built upon.

The final report provides an overview of:

- Mental health services available for children and youth with emerging or diagnosable mental health problems; and

- Services that have positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of children and adolescents, and designed to support

:New parents
:Parents of children 3-6 years of age
:Parents of dependent youth (3-18 years of
age)with emerging mental health
difficulties.
Available via: In-house Publication
Web:http://www.himh.org.au/site/index.cfm?display=122672

Living with Personality Disorder - Supporting Better Parenting.  2010
The full report from this thought provoking and interactive study day in London and the one that preceded it in Leeds (March 2009).

Packed with lively and informative write-ups from the sessions that comprised these events, this report is a useful tool for anyone working and/or living in the world of personality disorders who would like to increase their understanding of these complex disorders and ways of working to support people both as parents, with what is ?no longer a diagnosis of exclusion?, and as children living with a parent with PD.

Available via: Web
Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Network
Web:http://www.pmhcwn.org.uk/newsitems/living.asp