Resilience in Young People with Mentally Ill Parents

Resilience in Young People with Mentally Ill Parents

Prevention programme to improve mental health.

When children or adolescents grow up with mentally ill parents, it can have a variety of consequences, such as lower educational attainment or poorer opportunities for development. Above all, they run the risk of becoming ill themselves. This five-module programme can be carried out on an outpatient or inpatient basis. Psycho-educational content is taught in family and individual sessions, while the sessions with young people focus on topics such as understanding the illness, rights and responsibilities in the family, self-care and social activities. There is a refresher session and an analysis of any changes made to round off the programme.

• working materials to suit the age group
• information on various illnesses, including depression, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, compulsions, addiction
• short-term prevention programme for young people (12-24 years)
• considers the special needs adolescents have
• promotes resilience and activates resources