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The welfare of children with mentally ill parents : learning from inter-country comparisons / Rachael Hetherington ... [et al.]. - New York : Wiley, 2002. - xii, 250 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.



Introduction: Using Comparison -- The Context and the Method -- The Systems of the Partner Countries: Introduction and the Scandinavian Law Countries -- The Systems of the Partner Countries: the Continental Countries and the English-Speaking Countries -- Compulsory Hospitalisation in Mental Health and State Intervention for Child Protection -- The Responses of the Partner Countries to the Vignette -- Issues -- Inter-Country Reflections -- Introduction: Working with Difference -- Comparisons: England, Germany and Italy -- The State and the Family: Explaining Variations in Interventions -- Risk, Childhood and Mental Health -- Co-operation and Communication -- Introduction: Developing New Information -- Invisible Children -- Meeting Needs -- Conclusions -- App The Professions Represented in the Discussion Groups -- Glossary and Index of Acronyms -- References -- Index.

ISBN: 047149724X

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Child welfare.
Child of impaired parents..
Mental disorders..
Parent-child relations.
Child health services.
Cross-cultural comparison.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Europe
Australia

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National Library of Medicine Call No.: WA 320 2002WE