Family functioning,
parental mental and physical health, parental sleep disturbance, and family economic / financial health are just some of the main areas of difficulty that need to be attended to.
Parental surveys assessed: access to medical care, practice help and support, satisfaction with services, and
parental mental and physical health.
Furthermore, low income is strongly associated with poor
parental mental and physical health.40, 42 Parental irritability and depressive symptoms have been associated with fewer interactions and more conflictual interactions with older children, leading to less satisfactory emotional, social, and cognitive development.43 Specifically, the parents» emotional state and parenting has been shown to greatly affect their children's social adjustment, self - esteem, social competence, and externalizing as well as internalizing behaviors.10, 13 As noted by the Institute of Medicine, there is an intergenerational transmission of depressive symptoms.17 Whether this relationship is due to poverty, home environment, family structure, family resources, social support, or other factors warrants further research.
Not exact matches
I work with many families where infants» frequent night waking exacerbates
parental depression
and marital conflict, two factors known to have negative long - term effects on both
mental and physical health.
Early
parental loss can have negative effects on adult
physical and mental health.
Colic can undermine
parental health (
mental and physical)
and jeopardise relationships.
For example, the court looks at the history of the relationship between the children
and each parent, the moral fitness of each parent,
mental and physical health of each parent, the division of
parental responsibilities after the divorce, the ability for each parent to provide a routine for the children, how the children relate to each parent, which parent is more likely to foster a good relationship between the children
and the other parent,
and which is more likely to share information
and to encourage frequent time - sharing with the other.
Felitti
and colleagues1 first described ACEs
and defined it as exposure to psychological,
physical or sexual abuse,
and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic
and / or street drugs),
mental illness, a mother treated violently
and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect,
parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity
and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the
health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung
and liver diseases,
and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs
and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide
and premature mortality.4 7
The court will consider the following major factors: emotional ties of child with parent;
parental ability to provide child with necessities; stability
and continuity in the child's life,
mental and physical health of parents;
and home, school
and community record of the child.
In deciding child custody, the court considers the best interests of the children, the wishes
and concerns of the parents, the child's wishes
and concerns, the child's relationship with their parents, siblings,
and extended family, the child's adjustment
and development at home, school,
and in the community, the
mental and physical health of the parents, child,
and siblings, the
parental history of paying child support, the
parental history of abuse or neglect of any child, the denial of other parent's rights to visitation,
and any
parental relocation plans.
While federal government programs seek to strengthen families by providing educational classes
and mental and physical health treatment for convicted felons, many states have adopted statutes that permit a prompt termination of
parental rights for incarcerated felons.
Early - life events related to maternal care in animals as well as
parental care in humans play a powerful role in later
mental and physical health, which was shown by the adverse childhood experiences (ACE) studies
and recent work noted below.
Health: Must be in good physical and mental health and have the energy needed to fulfill parental responsibil
Health: Must be in good
physical and mental health and have the energy needed to fulfill parental responsibil
health and have the energy needed to fulfill
parental responsibilities.
After controlling for relevant demographic characteristics,
parental co-morbid psychopathology,
and offspring psychopathology, maternal depression was associated with higher levels of
physical symptoms (β = 0 · 14, S.E. = 0 · 07) during adolescence,
and higher levels of minor stressors (β = 2 · 52, S.E. = 1 · 07)
and a greater risk for using
mental health services (OR 1 · 86, 95 % CI 1 · 14 — 3 · 03) in young adulthood.
All respondents who met the criteria for any
mental health disorder
and a probability sample of other respondents then completed the second part of the survey which collected information on the occurrence of childhood adversities occurring within the family (eg,
physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect,
parental death,
parental divorce, other
parental loss,
parental mental disorder,
parental substance use,
parental criminal behaviour, family violence
and...
Courts consider several factors in deciding child custody, including the child's wishes
and concerns, the child's relationship with their parents, siblings,
and extended family, the child's adjustment
and development at home, school,
and in the community, the
mental,
physical,
and emotional
health of the parents, child,
and siblings, the wishes
and concerns of the parents,
parental abuse or neglect
and parental failure to pay support.
The chief executive of Relate, Ruth Sunderland, highlighted the potential negative impacts of
parental separation on children, suggesting that it can cause school problems,
mental and physical health issues,
and alcohol misuse.
«There was no evidence of any
mental or
physical health issues which are significant except for the issues of J's asthma
and the
parental alienation against Father, which is noted in this Opinion.
Supporting
parental physical and mental health: reductions in rates of unplanned pregnancy, early detection
and treatment of depression, assistance with
mental health and substance use disorders,
and encouragement to use general practitioner services
Identification of impediments
and supports to successful parenting such as
parental life history,
physical and mental health,
and current abilities; social support; family characteristics such as size, accommodation,
and income;
and child
health, development,
and behavior
Additional data on HRQOL, family harmony, parenting style, neighbourhood cohesion
and parental risk of child
physical assault
and neglect
and mental health will also be collected at each assessment time point for testing mediating
and moderating mechanisms between
parental stress
and child
health.
Results suggest that
parental incarceration is significantly related to a number of outcomes in early adulthood, including educational attainment,
physical and mental health,
and receipt of public assistance.
Six categories of ACE were studied:
parental divorce,
parental mental health / alcohol problems,
physical abuse, hospitalization > 4 weeks, living in an orphanage
and exposure to
parental arguments / fights.
These effects were independent of
parental cognitive ability, education, social class
and a range of
physical and mental health indicators.
Additional covariates were provided by indicators of
parental physical and mental health.