TY - JOUR
T1 - Gaining knowledge about parental mental illness: how does it empower children?
AU - Grove, Christine
AU - Reupert, Andrea Erika
AU - Maybery, Darryl John
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This study examined the utility of a digital video disc (DVD) intervention, designed to educate children, whose parents have depression and/or anxiety. Twenty-nine children completed pre- and post-DVD exposure questionnaires, on mental health knowledge and help seeking, and 18 were interviewed about their experiences and use of the DVD. Post-DVD, children s knowledge of mental illness improved. The DVD also challenged mental illness misconceptions. Most children preferred watching the DVD with a parent. The study explains how children utilize information about mental illness.
AB - This study examined the utility of a digital video disc (DVD) intervention, designed to educate children, whose parents have depression and/or anxiety. Twenty-nine children completed pre- and post-DVD exposure questionnaires, on mental health knowledge and help seeking, and 18 were interviewed about their experiences and use of the DVD. Post-DVD, children s knowledge of mental illness improved. The DVD also challenged mental illness misconceptions. Most children preferred watching the DVD with a parent. The study explains how children utilize information about mental illness.
UR - http://goo.gl/p7hmiD
U2 - 10.1111/cfs.12086
DO - 10.1111/cfs.12086
M3 - Article
VL - 20
SP - 377
EP - 386
JO - Child & Family Social Work
JF - Child & Family Social Work
SN - 1356-7500
IS - 4
ER -