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The Effect of Maternal Psychotic Illness on a Child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anthony J. Mander ,
Beverley Norton  and
Peter Hoare
Anthony J. Mander*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh
Beverley Norton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh
Peter Hoare
Affiliation:
Edinburgh
*
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH1O SHF
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Abstract

We report the case of an 11-year-old girl who had been living with only her mother, a woman with chronic schizophrenia. The girl had been caught shoplifting with her mother, and had a long history of non-attendance at school. The case emphasises that adult psychiatrists should always consider the impact of chronic parental psychiatric disorder on children, particularly in one-parent families.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 6 , December 1987 , pp. 848 - 850
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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