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Parents With Mental Illness: The Cycle of Intergenerational Mental Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Melanie Boursnell*
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, Australia. [email protected]
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*address for correspondence: Dr Melanie Boursnell, School of Social Science and Humanities, Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia.
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Abstract

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This article provides an insight into the under-explored lives of parents with mental illness. In particular, this article considers the experiences of parents with mental illness who grew up with parents who also had mental illness, or experienced issues related to violence, abuse and neglect during childhood. Due to the dearth of research in this area there is minimal insight into how parents experience mental illness and even less significance is placed on exploring how intergenerational mental illness and backgrounds of violence, abuse and neglect impact on parenthood. This qualitative study generates information about how intergenerational family mental illness, and other issues identified in the course of the study, affected the participants' experiences of being a parent.

Type
Research Article
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