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Fathers With Severe Mental Illness: Characteristics And Comparisons, Joanne Nicholson, Margaret Nason, Anne Calabresi, Regina Yando
Fathers With Severe Mental Illness: Characteristics And Comparisons, Joanne Nicholson, Margaret Nason, Anne Calabresi, Regina Yando
Joanne Nicholson
Among patients with severe mental illness attending a large, urban, outpatient mental health clinic, fathers are described and compared with nonfathers and with mothers on demographic, clinical, and child-related characteristics, and on resources and service needs. While fathers and nonfathers with mental illness differed significantly on most variables, fathers and mothers with mental illness were remarkably similar except on child-related characteristics. Issues regarding fathers' experiences and service needs are discussed.