Preventive interventions for parents with mental disorders and their offspring: Do they work, for whom, and under which circumstances?
PhD defence by Emilie Hestbæk Jacobsen
Assessment Committee
Associate Professor Katrine Røhder, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen (Chairperson)
Professor Nick Midgley, University College London
Professor Charlotte Reedtz, Artic University of Norway
Supervisor
Professor Mette Skovgaard Væver
Department
Department of Psychology
Place
The defence is conducted as a hybrid defence.
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Building: Københavns Universitetsbibliotek, Room: Forelæsningssalen, Gothersgade 140, 1123 København
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Short description of the thesis
Children of parents with mental disorders are at increased risk of adverse outcomes, highlighting the need for effective preventive interventions. Yet, evidence for such interventions remains uncertain, and preventive parenting support is rarely integrated into Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS). This thesis examines preventive interventions for parents with mental disorders, focusing on AMHS as a setting for prevention. Across four studies, it synthesises evidence on preventive psychosocial interventions and examines the feasibility of integrating a brief, transdiagnostic, mentalisation-based parenting intervention into AMHS. The thesis identifies substantial limitations in the existing evidence base and demonstrates that preventive parenting support can be feasibly and acceptably delivered within AMHS, supporting further evaluation of preventive parenting interventions in this setting.