Mental Health in the Family Business: A Conceptual Model and a Research Agenda

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Miller ◽  
Johan Wiklund ◽  
Wei Yu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Family Coping ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
The Family ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Abcx Model

Mental health issues are affecting not only families worldwide but also numerous family businesses. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the uniqueness of the family business may be a double-edged sword generating both benefits and drawbacks for business families dealing with mental disorders. Building on the socioemotional wealth (SEW) perspective of family business, the ABCX model of family coping, and work–family interface literature, we develop a theoretical model to suggest how MDs interact with family and family business resources to influence the dynamics between families and their firms, and the outcomes from those dynamics. A research agenda is then proposed.

scholarly journals Intersectionality: A Means for Addressing the Needs of Children with Mental Health Issues who are Engaged with the Family Law and Criminal Justice Systems?

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 115-137
Author(s):  
Jennifer Bergman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Crossover Youth ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Criminal Justice Systems ◽  
The Family ◽  
Justice Systems

Huge numbers of children in Canada suffer from mental health issues, yet only a fraction gets needed supports and services.  Left untreated, childhood mental illnesses carry serious consequences for children, families, and society as a whole.  This public health crisis is significantly more pronounced for children who are engaged with the family law (child welfare) and youth criminal justice systems (“crossover youth”).  Crossover youth face multiplicative challenges, including disproportionate rates of mental health issues.  In this article, I explore how the failure to provide crossover youth with needed supports and services, and the related dire consequences suffered by these children and society more generally (e.g. deteriorating mental health, repeated engagement in the criminal justice system) is tied to the failure in the family law (child welfare) and youth criminal justice systems to recognize the effects of the intersection of the various challenges and disadvantages (e.g. poverty, racism, instability) experienced by these children. I describe the paradigm of intersectionality, and argue that the adoption of an intersectional approach by the family law (child welfare) and youth criminal justice systems is imperative in order for the legal system to meet its mandate and protect and promote the well-being of these vulnerable children.

Mental health issues in child protection cases: A study of protective cases in the Family Division of the Children’s Court, Victoria

1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Division ◽  
Children's Court ◽  
Children’S Court

This article discusses the problems which confronted the Family Division of the Children’s Court, Victoria, in the management of cases in which there were mental health issues. Mental health issues were one of the major reasons for protective concerns in one in four cases presented to the Court during this study. They were cases which were often difficult to decide both because magistrates did not have knowledge about mental health problems and because there was a lack of expert information to assist them. Contributions by specialist mental health practitioners to the assessment of child protection applications were negligible and this meant the mental health problems were not identified for the Court. A more cooperative system which allows mental health professionals to work closely with the child protection service would be of greater assistance to the Court.

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