Topic: Parents With Mental Illness

Young Children with Mentally Ill Parents

in Health / Mental Health

Websites offers extensive information about mental illness and families. The sites offer resources for those working with children who have mentally ill parents, for mentally ill parents and for young children with mentally ill parents.


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The National Mental Health Information Center was "developed for users of mental health services and their families, the general public, policy makers, providers, and the media." It presents substantial research-based and practical information on the full range of mental health topics, geared toward parents and professionals. Topics covered include young children with mentally ill parents and working with children who have mentally ill parents.

This site contains information on various aspects of children's mental health and family support. Research briefs offer reader-friendly synopses of topics from children with emotional and behavioral challenges, young children with mentally ill parents and mentally ill parents.

The National Mental Health Association is a site dedicated to concerns around mental health issues. The segment reviewed here is the Children and Families section. In this section you can find information about children with mental health needs, mentally ill parents and their families, as well as numerous fact sheets about mental health topics. The language and style of these articles have a more academic look to them, however their main points come across smoothly for an average reader.