One quantitative study specifically aimed to address coping styles in parents’ relation to their mental health problems. Cotton et al. (2013) addressed coping child’s styles of parents of an adolescent with psychosis and found that both difficult behaviours and negative symptoms of their illness were addressed by parents child’s using distancing and tension-reducing coping techniques. However, the use of a questionnaire design in this study, with few statistics reported, meant it was appraised as relatively low quality. The lack of consideration of the generalisability of author’s their findings further contributes to this. Therefore it was felt that the qualitative studies addressing coping, although similarly unable to address the problem parents’ of generalisibility, at least presented a more complete picture of how the parents in their studies managed and coped with their mental health problem. child’s Ten qualitative studies illuminated themes around coping styles, including positive coping strategies such as seeking information to gain a better understanding of their difficulties (Harden, 2005; Karp & Tanarugsachock, 2000; Ma et al., child’s 2002). Parents in both Bailey and Garralda (1989) and Attride-Sterling et (2004) al.’s studies fulfilled their need for advice by seeking help from friends and their social network. In Fraser & (2009) study, fathers sought information from carer Warr’s support groups, professionals, conferences and self-help literature. This supports the suggestion that parents seek information and support from various sources to better understand their mental health problem but also highlights the individual child’s nature of the experience of parents with a child with a mental health problem. This should be born in mind when designing care packages for young people and their families. The variation in experiences is a theme that continues Treatment. parents’ when addressing expectations or experiences of treatment. Not surprisingly, parents’
One quantitative study specifically aimed to address parents’ coping styles in relation to their child’s mental health problems. Cotton et al. (2013) addressed coping styles of parents of an adolescent with psychosis and found that both difficult behaviours and negative symptoms of their child’s illness were addressed by parents using distancing and tension-reducing coping techniques. However, the use of a questionnaire design in this study, with few statistics reported, meant it was appraised as relatively low quality. The author’s lack of consideration of the generalisability of their findings further contributes to this. Therefore it was felt that the qualitative studies addressing parents’ coping, although similarly unable to address the problem of generalisibility, at least presented a more complete picture of how the parents in their studies managed and coped with their child’s mental health problem. Ten qualitative studies illuminated themes around coping styles, including positive coping strategies such as seeking information to gain a better understanding of their child’s difficulties (Harden, 2005; Karp & Tanarugsachock, 2000; Ma et al., 2002). Parents in both Bailey and Garralda (1989) and Attride-Sterling et al.’s (2004) studies fulfilled their need for advice by seeking help from friends and their social network. In Fraser & Warr’s (2009) study, fathers sought information from carer support groups, professionals, conferences and self-help literature. This supports the suggestion that parents seek information and support from various sources to better understand their child’s mental health problem but also highlights the individual nature of the experience of parents with a child with a mental health problem. This should be born in mind when designing care packages for young people and their families. Treatment. The variation in parents’ experiences is a theme that continues when addressing parents’ expectations or experiences of treatment. Not surprisingly,
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