Mental health consumer parents' recommendations for designing psychoeducation interventions for their minor children

Abstract

Objective: This research explores consumer parents' recommendations for developing psychoeducation programs for their minor children.

Method: Data were drawn from a purposive sample of 3 focus groups of parent consumers of a community mental health agency. The research question was: "What do consumer parents recommend for developing psychoeducation programs for their minor children?"

Results: Parents recommended content foci of mental illness, recovery, heritability, stigma, and coping.

Conclusions and implications for practice: The next step is youth psychoeducation intervention development and evaluation. Parents, youth, and professionals should be included in the program planning.