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Addressing Parental Depression for Improved Family Well-being

Explore the impact of parental depression on children, opportunities for identification, treatment, and prevention. Understand the economic effects and advocate policy changes for better family outcomes.

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Addressing Parental Depression for Improved Family Well-being

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  1. Depression in Parents, Parenting, and Children: Opportunities to Improve Identification, Treatment, and Prevention Connecting the Dots Baltimore, Maryland 3 September 2009

  2. Primary Care Opportunities • Family medical home • Primary care as access point for care for at risk families • Example of parental depression • treatment for parents • prevention for children

  3. Policy / Program Changes Needed • Training prevention for practitioners • Funding and infrastructure support for prevention • Funding and infrastructure support for family medical home

  4. Conceptual Model of the Economic Impact of Depressed Parents on Children ENVIRONMENT PARENT DEPRESSION FAMILY RESOURCES FAMILY CONTEXT Economic Risks to Parent from Depression HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION SOCIAL CAPITAL EMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL PARENTING Risks to Children from Depressed Parent SOCIAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FAMILY RESOURCES HEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT NOTES: Environment includes physical, social, and economic factors

  5. http://www.bocyf.org/parental_depression.html

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