School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle and Greater Western Area Health Service, Orange, Australia.
Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2011 Apr;20(2):137-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2010.00718.x.
A significant number of clients utilizing mental health services will also be parents. Being a child of a parent with mental illness increases health risks for the child, and hospitalization of the parent has been identified as one of the most difficult times for children. However, few proactive measures have been taken to understand or provide for the needs of children visiting psychiatric inpatient facilities. The aim of this exploratory study was to identify the perspectives children, their parents, nominated carers, and clinicians from their experience of children visiting. The study used qualitative data gathered from interviews to develop an understanding of the issues. The purpose of this paper was to present the findings from parents, carers, and children. Children indicated that they wanted to visit and to remain involved with their parent, but that there was little support from staff. Families indicated that children visiting psychiatric inpatient facilities were not well managed, and they received little support about decisions around children visiting. The issue of children visiting psychiatric facilities when they have a parent who is an inpatient appears not to have been addressed in models of inpatient mental health care.
相当数量的使用心理健康服务的客户也将是父母。作为一个有精神疾病父母的孩子，会增加孩子的健康风险，并且父母住院已被确定为孩子最困难的时期之一。然而，很少采取积极措施来了解或满足访问精神科住院设施的儿童的需求。本探索性研究旨在确定儿童、他们的父母、指定照顾者和临床医生从他们的儿童访问经验中得出的观点。该研究使用从访谈中收集的定性数据来深入了解这些问题。本文的目的是介绍来自父母、照顾者和孩子的调查结果。孩子们表示他们希望访问并与父母保持联系，但工作人员几乎没有提供支持。家庭表示，儿童在精神病院住院期间没有得到很好的管理，他们在决定儿童访问时也没有得到多少支持。当孩子的父母住院时，孩子访问精神病院的问题似乎尚未在住院精神卫生保健模式中得到解决。
