They also fill a void in the educational resources available for children and families of mentally ill patients and the professionals who treat them. Sobkiewicz stresses that these children have been greatly overlooked. She quotes a study of 100 adults being treated for mental illness. Only 19 of the children from these families had received mental health care treatment, and only four of the mental health care professionals involved in the study had asked if their patients had children. Sobkiewicz points out that not all children with an ill parent experience problems.
Children do differ in their response to a parent s mental illness.
Some are simply more capable and stress-resistant than others. As a mental health care provider, she believes her books will aid professionals, as well. They shed critical light on the impact a parent s mental illness has on his or her family and, thus, may help counselors help their patients through the difficulties of parenting during relapses of their illness. Check or money acceptable.