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dc.contributor.authorMcInnes, Elspethen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T23:20:52Z-
dc.date.available2022-06-30T23:20:52Z-
dc.date.issued2014en
dc.identifier.citation21 (1), 2014en
dc.identifier.issn1321-8719en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15682-
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.subjectChild protectionen
dc.subjectFamily lawen
dc.subjectMental healthen
dc.titleMadness in family law: mothers' mental health in the Australian family law systemen
dc.title.alternativePsychiatry, psychology, and lawen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.catalogid2526en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.tandfonline.comen
dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.subject.keywordNationalen
dc.subject.keywordJournal article/research paperen
dc.subject.keywordInvalid URLen
dc.description.notesThis journal article explores gender differences in the way the Family Court of Australia considers mental illness as a reason for limiting parents' contact with their children. The starting point is Family Court of Australia data from children's matters heard in 2007-08 which show that, in cases where parental contact with children was limited by the Court, mental illness was the reason for 31 percent of mothers and only two percent of fathers.<br/ ><br/ >The author reviews literature on prevalence and patterns of mental illness and child sexual assault in Australia. She also highlights research suggesting that a mother's mental state becomes the focus of the Court's consideration when mothers make allegations of child sexual assault against the father of the child, and the father has not admitted the sexual assault or been convicted for it.<br/ ><br/ >The author analyses four cases to explore the Court's treatment of mental illness and child sexual assault. She observes that in these cases, assessments of a mother's 'possible mental illness' are made by a range of stakeholders, many of whom are not qualified to make a clinical diagnosis, including social workers, non-clinical psychologists, lawyers and judges. The mothers' alleged mental pathologies are then deemed by the Court to be sufficient reason to prevent the mothers in question from having care of their children. In contrast, fathers' diagnosed mental illness, acts of violence and alleged sexual abuse do not prevent their having contact with their children.en
dc.identifier.sourcePsychiatry, psychology, and lawen
dc.date.entered2014-06-13en
dc.publisher.placeNew Yorken
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