Project Lead: Christoph Strohmaier
Authors: Christoph Strohmaier (1st author; AIHTA) Laura Hölzle (2nd author; Village project)
Publication: November 2021
Language: English (with German summary)
Children and adolescents from so-called ‘parents with a mental illness’ have a potentially increased risk of developing negative (health) consequences on the way to their adulthood. One option to mitigate or even prevent negative consequences are family-oriented intervention programmes with social support systems. Gaps in health economic knowledge is a barrier to grasp the overall benefit of these programmes. The report is intended to serve as a source for researchers in order to conduct sound impact assessments of family-oriented intervention programmes and to raise awareness in policy makers about the economic and societal dimensions of mental illness in families.