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Parents with children who have serious emotional disorders face significant personal and family issues in their parental role. Professionals providing services to these families must be sensitive to a variety of issues if they are to provide an emphathic context when these families are seeking help. This paper will explore the stress these families incur, the loss they experience, and the resources needed for coping and the preservation of family integrity. Practice implications will be addressed.
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This article was partially developed with funding from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (NIDRR grant number G008435137). The content of this article does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the funding agencies.
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Modrcin, M.J., Robison, J. Parents of children with emotional disorders: Issues for consideration and practice. Community Ment Health J 27, 281–292 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00757262
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