11 June 2008
In response to the launch of the Barnardo’s Family Minded report on children of a parent living with mental illness, Dr Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said:
“The family is the place where children learn to be happy and healthy so it’s scandalous that at the moment the system is completely failing families where a parent has a serious mental illness.
Children who are not given help to cope with their parent’s mental illness are vulnerable to long-term emotional and behavioural problems. A range of services including talking therapies and practical social support need to be made available to everyone in the family - we must stop leaving families to struggle on their own to cope with mental illness.”
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Notes to Editors:
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Notes to editors
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The Mental Health Foundation uses research and practical projects to help people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems. We work to influence policy, including government at the highest levels. And we use our knowledge to raise awareness and to help tackle the stigma attached to mental illness. We reach millions of people every year through our media work, information booklets and online services.
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