severe mental illness and parenting

[michelle lynn kessler <kessler1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I am a research assistant for a social work professor whose main work is
in the area of mental health.  He is currently working on research
concerning how parents with a mental illness deal with the issues of
raising children.  We are finding out that many of these families come
into contact with the Child Welfare system, surrounding custody issues.
Is anyone aware of any literature in the area of assessment and mentally
ill parents?  Or, any literature on how the child welfare agencies deal
with the issue of mental illness assesment?

Thanks for any ideas you may have!!!

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Michelle Kessler
e-mail: kessler1@uiuc.edu
http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/kessler1/
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