Mental Health Conference - The Forgotten Children

The ESQH Barcelona Office on improving the quality of elderly, mental health and social care in Europe, would like to draw your attention to

A major European Conference addressing the subject of children of parents with a mental illness

Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Dates: 26th and 27th November 2009

Supported by the World Health Organization, the scientific backing of the National Institute for Health and Welfare of Finland (formerly Stakes) and with UNICEF and the EuropeanCommission, DG Health and Consumers, as collaborating partners

Hosted by EUFAMI, in association with Lietuvos Sutrikusios Psichikos Žmonių Globos Bendrija (LSPŽGB), its Lithuanian family member association will host

by: Noel Harrington. on 11-11-2009

Due to the mental illness of their parents, these children are put at greater risk of experiencing mental disorders, school and adjustment problems. Furthermore, the family often lives in a stigmatising atmosphere.

There are many good practices in existence which support the development of these children, but these are not in widespread use across Europe. This conference aims to publicise more widely the existence of such good practices, especially to mental health policy makers and to promote their use in medical, psycho-social, school and NGOs environments. The conference will draw on good practices in fields such as maternity/early infancy, school (detection/prevention), parenthood training, children facing their parents’ illness (understanding, suppressing feeling of guilt, supporting resilience, psycho-social intervention, respite, peer to peer groups).

The conference will also examine the children’s protection question - first in its legal framework, then in relation to the professional and family environments


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