Visions - Parenting

Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring 2004) | 52 pages | PDF (1.1 MB)

  • Editor's Message (Eric Macnaughton)

  • We've Come a Way, But Not Far Enough:Supporting families with parental mental illness [guest editorial] (Rob Lees)

  • The Experiences of Parents with Mental Illness: Background issues for consideration

  • When a Parent is Hospitalized for Treatment of a Mental Illness: A research project examining a child's perspective (Hylda Gryba)

  • Discrimination Against Parents with Mental Illness and their Families: Changing attitudes, opening minds (Sarah Hamid-Balma)

  • Mothering Under Duress: In/visibility of mothers with mental illness (Marina Morrow)

  • Women with Mental Illness are Still Losing their Children (Jirina Judas)

  • Life in the Pressure Cooker: Parenting while coping with a disability (Virginia J. Ross)

  • Elizabeth Ando's Nightmare: One mother's obsessive cleaning almost cost her everything (Mark Hume)

  • From Experiences to Actions: My life as a consumer single mom (Dawn Brossard)

  • A Parent's Point of View (Hazel Gillespie)

  • Parenting and Social Work: A route to recovery (Kathryn Lestage)

  • Isabel's Story (Isabel)

  • Fatherhood, Mental Illness and the River of Humankind (Bruce Saunders)

  • Guilt: The mother of all feelings (Victoria Maxwell)

  • Quirks and Glitches (Ula-Erin Chauvet)

  • Growing Up with Mental Illness [interview] (Monica Alfreds)

  • A Tale of Dysfunctional Child-rearing (Frank G. Sterle, Jr.)

  • Caring for the Aged: The Patient | The Caregiver (Elizabeth)

  • A Sibling's Story (From Grief to Action member)

  • Programs for Families with Parental Mental Illness: Results of a US National Survey (Joanne Nicholson, et al)

  • From Little Things, Big Things Grow: A decade of Australian achievements for children of parents with mental illness and their families (Vicki Cowling)

  • Working Together with Parents with Mental Illness to Maintain their Child's Mental Health (Sharon Van Volkingburgh)

  • Early Intervention and the Needs of Offspring (Eric Macnaughton)

  • Talking to Children and Youth: When it's time to discuss a family member's mental illness or alcohol/drug problem (Nicole Chovil)

  • Lasting Impressions Program: A partnership program for families

  • A Clinic for Women with Schizophrenia: Building skills for life and parenthood (Jennifer Quan)

  • Landing a Mars Lander (Catherine)

  • When Bliss Turns into Blues (Deirdre Ryan and Doris Bodnar)

  • Supporting Families with Parental Mental Illness Manual: A training tool for communities to organize services to support families (Rob Lees et al)

  • Post Partum Support Services: A mental health services program in the Thompson Cariboo Shuswap Health Service Area (Kerry McLean Small)

  • Cross Cultural Perspective and Issues with Families Experiencing Mental Illness (H. Picku Multani)

  • Supporting Vancouver Families through Collegial Education of Professionals: The Parenting and Mental Health Committee (Ruth Hess-Dolgin)

  • The Super Saturday Club: Social and Leisure Fun for Kids Living with Parental Mental Illness (Jeri-Lyn Ratzlaff)

  • Kids in Control (Hylda Gryba and Nicole Chovil)

  • Advice to Parents From a Child Protection Worker [interview]

  • Parenting Well When You're Depressed: A complete resource for maintaining a healthy family [book review] (Lyne Brindamour)