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- Title
Intervention to Prevent Child Custody Loss in Mothers with Schizophrenia.
- Authors
Seeman, Mary V.
- Abstract
Depending on jurisdiction, time period studied, and specifics of the population, approximately 50 percent of mothers who suffer from schizophrenia lose custody of their children. The aim of this paper is to recommend interventions aimed at preventing unnecessary custody loss. This paper reviews the social work, nursing, psychology, psychiatry, and law literature on mental illness and custody loss, 2000-2011. Recommendations to mothers are to (a) ensure family health (b) prevent psychotic relapse, (c) prepare in advance for crisis, (d) document daily parenting activities, (e) take advantage of available parenting resources, and f) become knowledgeable about legal issues that pertain to mental health and custody. From a policy perspective, child protection and adult mental health agencies need to dissolve administrative barriers and collaborate. Access to appropriate services will help mothers with schizophrenia to care appropriately for their children and allow these children to grow and develop within their family and community.
- Subjects
SCHIZOPHRENIA; CUSTODY of children; JURISDICTION; SOCIAL services; MENTAL illness; CHILD protection services
- Publication
Schizophrenia Research & Treatment, 2012, p1
- ISSN
2090-2085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2012/796763