Mother-child treatment in psychiatry. I: Overview of experiences up to now

Basing on the growing interest in the work with relatives of mentally ill people, psychiatric inpatient treatment of mentally ill mothers together with their infants or toddlers is described. The introductory overview gives an account of various international experiences with psychiatric inpatient treatment of mother and child, the conditions existing especially in England are described, and hints are given in respect of the need to adopt that treatment model.