Prevención de los trastornos de la salud mental. Antecedentes de psicopatología en los padres y cuidadores

Abstract

The upbringing and psychosocial development of children who live with parents with serious mental disorders (schizophrenia and delusional disorders, major depression, manic episode, suicide attempts, severe personality disorders, alcoholism or abuse of other drugs and other disorders) can be more difficult, and your quality of life, relationships, and mental health may be seriously affected. Achieving a certain knowledge in clinical practice that facilitates the collection and investigation of parents’ psychiatric history and the identification of risk factors and basic warning signs in children, represents an improvement in the capabilities of Primary Health Care (PHC) teams to integrate mental health elements into your daily practice. It is also an essential preliminary step to implement preventive interventions, at least elementary, necessary to protect the mental health of these children and future adults: that is the core of this PAPPS subprogram for the care of the mental health of children and adolescents in the case of a history of psychopathology in parents or caregivers.