Children of Parents With a Mental Illness-Stigma Questionnaire: Development and Piloting.

Children of parents with a mental illness are a particularly vulnerable group as they have a high risk to develop a mental disorder themselves and those are associated with high stigma. Moreover, just like primary recipients of stigma, they are affected by the social taboo surrounding mental illness: they do not receive enough information, are often left alone with their problems, and are thus considered "invisible children". In previous research, family stigma has only been assessed through general questionnaires for all family members.