Summary of Week 1

In Week 1, we have covered the following aspects:

• The work that Our Time does to support children and young people living with a parent with mental illness
• Heard from a young person living with a parent with mental illness and the impact it has had on them
• The facts and figures of children and young people living with a parent with mental illness
• The relationship between children/young people and their parent in relation to attachment issues and psychological separation
• The barriers children and young people face and the importance of communication
• The different sources of mental illness which include the biological, social and psychological aspects