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Meet the Hansen family
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Many studies have documented that mental illness is very common, and the most common mental health problems are anxiety, depression and substance abuse issues. Adults with mental health problems are not less likely to be parents then the rest of the population. Children with mentally ill parents are at risk of developing mental health problems themselves. Parental mental illness is considered a powerful risk-factor, with a potential of serious impact for the children. For instance: parents with depression have more difficulties in interaction with their children, are more intrusive, less involved and less responsive. More than one third of these children develop serious and long-lasting problems.
In Norway it is mandatory since 2010 to assess if adult patients have children and provide follow-up for the families. The objective of including a focus on the patient’s children is linked to prevention, because there are measures that can be taken to counteract the risk. It is very important that students who are going to work in health care are trained in assessment of risk- and resilience factors in families affected by parental mental health. In the learning resource about the Hansen family, students get to do a virtual home-visit and discover by themselves the situation of the family. There are several small videos about the family presented throughout the virtual house, which teaches the students about risk- and resilience.
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Pedagogical value
The film about the Hansen family is part of a larger learning resource about children of mentally ill parents. The father in the Hansen family has mental health disorders, and it is interrupting his parenting abilities. Many studies have documented that mental illness is very common, and the most common mental health problems are anxiety, depression and substance abuse issues. Adults with mental health problems are not less likely to be parents then the rest of the population. Children with mentally ill parents are at risk of developing mental health problems themselves.
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Parental mental illness is considered a powerful risk-factor, with a potential of serious impact for the children. For instance: parents with depression have more difficulties in interaction with their children, are more intrusive, less involved and less responsive. More than one third of these children develop serious and long-lasting problems. In Norway it is mandatory since 2010 to assess if adult patients have children and provide follow-up for the families. The objective of including a focus on the patient’s children is linked to prevention, because there are measures that can be taken to counteract the risk. It is very important that students who are going to work in health care are trained in assessment of risk- and resilience factors in families affected by parental mental health. In the learning resource about the Hansen family, students get to do a virtual home-visit and discover by themselves the situation of the family. The film is divided into several small videos about the family presented throughout the virtual house, which teaches the students about risk- and resilience. These are presented in Thinglink. After finishing the virtual home visit, the students have the option to observe conversations with the family in VR and to practice themselves carrying out such conversations.
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Hansine Hansens veg 18, 9019 Tromsø
