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March 8, 20260 citations

Beyond risk: Rethinking harm for children of parents living with mental health and addiction challenges.

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SASnita Ahir-Knight

Key Points

  • The aim is to reevaluate how harm is defined for children of parents facing mental health and addiction issues.
  • Conceptual framework development
  • Interdisciplinary practice
  • Expertise by experience integration
  • Harm is not solely a risk issue but involves complex family dynamics
  • Social attitudes and systemic conditions play crucial roles in understanding harm

Abstract

ObjectiveI propose a rethinking of harm experienced by children of parents living with mental health and addiction challenges.ConclusionDrawing on expertise by experience and interdisciplinary practice, I offer a conceptual framework that points out that harm cannot be understood through a singular, risk-focused lens, but requires attention to the intersecting family dynamics, social attitudes, and systemic conditions.

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Snita Ahir-Knight (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ada8b2bc08abd80d5bbf26https://doi.org/10.1177/10398562261431181
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