Abstract
Here, we propose a nationwide population-based study on predictors of out-of-home care placement among children of mentally ill parents, using rich information from Swedish national health and administrative registers. We aim to clarify both individual-level factors (children and parents), such as type and timing of parental mental illness, background factors of parents and socioeconomic conditions of the family, and area-level factors, such as the county of residence that might play a role in determining out-of-home care placement among children with parental mental illness within the Swedish context. More specifically, we aim to answer the following questions: 1) What is the risk of out-of-home care placement among children with parental mental illness?; 2) Is the risk varied by age and sex of the child and type of maternal or paternal mental illness?; and 2) What are the risk factors that confers the highest risk of out-of-home care placement among children with parental mental illness?
Analysis plan for Study V of PhD thesis 'Children and adolescents with parental mental illness (CAPRI) : prevalence, physical health, and social outcomes'.
