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650			_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE
999			_c5678 _d5678
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008			171117s2017 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
040			_aAFVC
100			_96674 _aFriedman, Susan Hatters
245			_aTreated mental illness and the risk of child abuse perpetration _cSusan Hatters Friedman and Miranda V. McEwan
260			_bPsychiatryOnline, _c2017
500			_aPsychiatric Services, 2017, Advance online publication, 1 November 2017 (6 pages)
520			_aObjective: Despite a limited empirical literature, parental mental illness is often cited as a major risk factor for violence against children. However, mental illness that is adequately treated would not be expected to lead to increased violence risk. This study compared incidents of violence toward children perpetrated by parents who were newly discharged from inpatient psychiatric treatment with violence perpetrated by other parents in the same communities to determine whether parents with treated mental illness had an elevated risk of child abuse perpetration. Methods: A secondary analysis of data from the MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study was conducted. Violence toward children reported by parents and by collateral informants at the initial ten-week follow-up interview was analyzed for two groups: study participants discharged from inpatient psychiatric facilities and parents in the community matched by neighborhood. Results: Of the 416 parents in the participant group, 20 (5%) committed violence toward a child in the ten weeks after discharge, compared with 41 (14%) of the 299 parents in the comparison group. In the participant group, diagnostic categories of parents who committed violence toward a child were as follows: serious mental illness only (8% of whom were violent), substance use disorder only (3%), both serious mental illness and substance use disorder (4%), and another issue (7%). Conclusions: This study found that parents with treated serious mental illness were not at higher risk than other parents in their community of perpetrating violence toward children. Parents who were admitted to an acute psychiatric facility and treated appeared to be at lower risk of being violent toward children than other parents in their community. (Authors' abstract). The authors are based at the University of Auckland. Record #5678
650			_aMacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study _97177
650			_aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650		5	_9380 _aMENTAL ILLNESS
650		5	_9430 _aPARENTS
650		5	_aPERPETRATORS _92644
650		5	_aPROTECTIVE FACTORS _94270
650		4	_aRISK ASSESSMENT _9504
650			_aRISK FACTORS _9505
650			_aTREATMENT _9613
651		4	_aUNITED STATES _92646
700			_aMcEwan, Miranda V. _97178
773	0		_tPsychiatric Services, 2017, Advance online publication, 1 November 2017 (6 pages)
830			_aPsychiatric Services _96422
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700120 _yRead abstract
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE