their child will be able to live and move safely into an independent adulthood, perhaps with the continued presence of some of their symptoms (Penzo & Harvey, 2008). Recovery to move from conceptions of to a focus on models’ encouragement ‘cure’ living a meaningful life in the continued presence of symptoms (Stickley & Wright, 2011), changes the focus and goals of intervention and hence the structure of services. This supports Penzo and (2008) suggestion that parental expectations Harvey’s around treatment and the longevity of their problems might similarly need to child’s adjust. The current review has established that parents are able to engage in the recovery agenda to some extent, for example by seeking information and understanding regarding their problem (Harden, 2005; Karp & child’s Tanarugsachock, 2000; Ma et al., 2002) and by valuing involvement in treatment (Fraser & Warr, 2009; Garcia et al., 2002; Riley et al., 2009; Wahlin & Deane, 2012). This might represent parental empowerment in their recovery, although this child’s was only suggested in one study (Ma et al., 2002). Findings highlighted parents’ pessimism regarding the future (Corcoran et al., 2007; Karp & Tanarugsachock, 2000; Oldershaw et al., 2008) and studies in the review did not explore young or people’s their identity or meaning in life, with the continued presence of some family’s symptoms. This might highlight a limitation of the review, as these search terms were not including when seeking to explore conceptions of their mental parents’ child’s health problem. Alternatively, it might suggest that these are areas that have not been explored regarding understandings of their mental health problem. parents’ child’s Initial exploratory studies are therefore needed to address and young parents’ peoples’ understanding of identity and meaning in the presence of continued symptoms, in
their child will be able to live and move safely into an independent adulthood, perhaps with the continued presence of some of their symptoms (Penzo & Harvey, 2008). Recovery models’ encouragement to move from conceptions of ‘cure’ to a focus on living a meaningful life in the continued presence of symptoms (Stickley & Wright, 2011), changes the focus and goals of intervention and hence the structure of services. This supports Penzo and Harvey’s (2008) suggestion that parental expectations around treatment and the longevity of their child’s problems might similarly need to adjust. The current review has established that parents are able to engage in the recovery agenda to some extent, for example by seeking information and understanding regarding their child’s problem (Harden, 2005; Karp & Tanarugsachock, 2000; Ma et al., 2002) and by valuing involvement in treatment (Fraser & Warr, 2009; Garcia et al., 2002; Riley et al., 2009; Wahlin & Deane, 2012). This might represent parental empowerment in their child’s recovery, although this was only suggested in one study (Ma et al., 2002). Findings highlighted parents’ pessimism regarding the future (Corcoran et al., 2007; Karp & Tanarugsachock, 2000; Oldershaw et al., 2008) and studies in the review did not explore young people’s or their family’s identity or meaning in life, with the continued presence of some symptoms. This might highlight a limitation of the review, as these search terms were not including when seeking to explore parents’ conceptions of their child’s mental health problem. Alternatively, it might suggest that these are areas that have not been explored regarding parents’ understandings of their child’s mental health problem. Initial exploratory studies are therefore needed to address parents’ and young peoples’ understanding of identity and meaning in the presence of continued symptoms, in