[How do mothers and fathers suffering from schizophrenia experience their parenthood? Results from an in-depth interview study].

Objective: This study aimed at investigating the experience of parenthood in schizophrenia patients with young children and their needs for assistance.

Methods: 26 interviews with mothers and fathers suffering from schizophrenia/schizo-affective disorder were examined using content analysis.

Results: The study participants experience their parental role ambivalent, as resource and distress.

[Between taking responsibility and becoming independent. Adolescents with a mentally ill parent].

By now there is a relatively broadly based basic research as to burden and developmental risks in children of mentally ill parents. Nevertheless, hardly any studies exist focusing the living situation of teenagers concerned. This article presents results from an in-depth interview study with 15 adolescents (15 to 21 years old) who have a mentally ill parent.

[Developmental problems in young adults suffering from mental illness: results from an in-depth interview study].

Objective: This study aimed at investigating the impact of mental illness on the general psycho-social development of young adults.

Methods: Results from an in-depth interview study with 16 young adults (20 to 31 years old) suffering from mental illness are presented. Particularly, illness-related issues were explored from the perspective of developmental psychology.

["He will never be able to stand on his own two feet": developmental problems in families with schizophrenia patients from the parents' perspective].

Background: From the perspective of developmental psychology, schizophrenia constitutes a serious developmental risk, since it obstructs a "normal" psychosocial development. Hardly any investigations up until now have focused on this important aspect.

Aim: To investigate in an explorative study the developmental problems in families with an adult child with schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia: problems of separation in families.

Background: In the past, family relationships of people with schizophrenia have mainly been investigated from a clinical viewpoint. The perspective of family development has generally been overlooked in this area of research.

Aim: This paper reports a study exploring problems of development and detachment in families with an adult child with schizophrenia.