Barriers and requirements for parenting supports and mental health care among mothers with intellectual disabilities: Health and social service-provider perspectives.

Background: Mothers with intellectual disability (ID) experience high rates of mental illness, but these needs are not adequately addressed.

Aims: We examined health and social service-provider perceptions of barriers to parenting and mental health care among mothers with ID and strategies for building good practice capacity.

Methods And Procedures: In this qualitative study in Ontario, Canada, we interviewed 13 service-providers working with mothers with ID about their experiences supporting parenting and mental health in mothers with ID, including barriers to services and strategies for building good practice capacity.

Mental health challenges and resilience among mothers with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Background: Mothers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) frequently experience mental health problems. Yet, they are excluded from broader women's mental health efforts, and few services exist to support their unique mental health needs.

Objectives: Our objective was to identify key risk, protective, and resilience factors that affect mental health among mothers with IDD.

Cultural differences in the relationship between parenting and children's behavior.

Parent and teacher data for 14,990 children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth were used in multilevel analyses to examine the relationship between ethnicity, children's aggression and emotional problems, and parenting. Using parent and teacher report, relationships between ethnicity and child behavior were present but modest. The association between parental harshness and child aggression differed between ethnic groups and across informants.