Vanharen J, LaRoche C, Heyman M, Massabki A, Colle L
Pine Rest Christian Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508.
Can J Psychiatry. 1993 Dec;38(10):678-80. doi: 10.1177/070674379303801010.
Over the past 30 years much information has been collected on children whose parents suffer from psychiatric illness. Research has shown that many of these children are at high risk for significant psychopathology but there have been few investigations examining whether or not they are being identified and are receiving mental health care. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate to what extent the children of psychiatrically ill adult patients are identified and referred to the mental health services. Results of structured interviews with the patients indicate that a considerable number had school-aged children and that in many instances no inquiry had been made concerning the children's psychological health. Although some of the children were reported to have received treatment, few had been referred by their parent's psychiatrists. Recommendations to improve the identification and treatment of such children are outlined in this study.
在过去30年里，已经收集了大量关于父母患有精神疾病的儿童的信息。研究表明，这些儿童中的许多人面临着显著精神病理学的高风险，但很少有调查研究他们是否被识别以及是否正在接受心理健康护理。这项试点研究的目的是调查患有精神疾病的成年患者的子女在多大程度上被识别并转介到心理健康服务机构。对患者进行结构化访谈的结果表明，相当多的患者有学龄儿童，而且在许多情况下，没有对儿童的心理健康进行询问。虽然据报道一些儿童接受了治疗，但很少有儿童是由其父母的精神科医生转介的。本研究概述了改善对此类儿童的识别和治疗的建议。
