Serious mental disorders that can compromise parenting ability. In the research conducted, children frequently report experiences of neglect and abuse, feelings of fear or danger due to the psychiatric symptoms of their parents for whom they are "forced" to become caregivers.<\/p>\n
The data and research on this condition are fragmented and too often incomplete, but they provide a dramatic picture. In 2004 (Nicholson et al.) reported that the 67% of women and the 75% of men experiencing conditions of serious mental distress (including schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, severe depression) are parents.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the interaction between genetics and environment in combination with high exposure to emotional stress represents a risk factor for children (both minors and adults) to develop psychiatric problems in the future.
\nHence the need to raise awareness and inform civil society on the topic and to focus on concrete tools to support the children of parents with mental health problems. The project therefore worked, thanks to the collaboration of partners from different countries (Belgium, Greece, Italy and Turkey), on sharing good practices on advocacy strategies and promoting a change in policies at national and EU level. The main recipients of the information and awareness actions, in addition to mental health professionals, were family caregivers: to orient them to the support services of mental health services and to promote the exchange of experiences and mutual help.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Raise awareness of the social impact of children of people suffering from mental distress and share concrete tools to support young caregivers.\t<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[37,38,52,66,36],"class_list":["post-4331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-progetti","tag-adolescenza","tag-disagio-sociale","tag-empowerment","tag-prevenzione","tag-salute-mentale"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n