Mental Health Interventions for Parent Carers of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Practice Guidelines from a Critical Interpretive Synthesis (CIS) Systematic Review

Parent carers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often report increased levels of stress, depression, and anxiety. Unmet parent carer mental health needs pose a significant risk to the psychological, physical, and social well-being of the parents of the child affected by ASD and jeopard...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2018-02, Vol.15 (2), p.341
Main Authors: Catalano, Denise, Holloway, Linda, Mpofu, Elias
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety - etiology
Anxiety - therapy
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Behavior
Caregivers
Caregivers - psychology
Child
Children
Children & youth
Coping
Depression - etiology
Depression - therapy
Families & family life
Guidelines
Humans
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental Health Services
Parents
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
Problem solving
Quality of life
Research design
Review
Stress
Stress, Psychological - etiology
Stress, Psychological - therapy
Studies
Systematic review
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Parent carers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often report increased levels of stress, depression, and anxiety. Unmet parent carer mental health needs pose a significant risk to the psychological, physical, and social well-being of the parents of the child affected by ASD and jeopardize the adaptive functioning of the family as well as the potential of the child affected by ASD. This systematic review identifies key qualities of interventions supporting the mental health of parent carers and proposes practitioner-parent carer support guidelines. A search of four databases (Medline, PubMed, PsycINFO, and Social Science Data) was conducted to identify studies that met the following criteria: (1) an intervention was delivered to parent carers of a child with ASD under the age of 18 years; (2) the research design allowed for a comparison on outcomes across groups; and (3) outcome measures of the parent carers' mental health were used. A total of 23 studies met the inclusion criteria. A critical interpretive synthesis approach was used to produce an integrated conceptualization of the evidence. Findings suggest practitioner guidelines to support the mental health and wellbeing of parent carers should include addressing the parent's self-perspective taking and skill for real time problem-solving.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph15020341