Depression in Parents,
Parenting, and Children:
Opportunities to Improve
Identification, Treatment, and
Prevention
Connecting the Dots
Baltimore, Maryland
3 September 2009
Primary Care Opportunities
1. Family medical home
2. Primary care as access point for care for at risk families
3. Example of parental depression
• treatment for parents
• prevention for children
Policy / Program Changes Needed
1. Training prevention for practitioners
2. Funding and infrastructure support for prevention
3. Funding and infrastructure support for family medical home
Conceptual Model of the Economic Impact
of Depressed Parents on Children
ENVIRONMENT
FAMILY RESOURCES
PARENT
DEPRESSION
FAMILY CONTEXT
Economic Risks to Parent from Depression
EMPLOYMENT
HUMAN CAPITAL
HOUSEHOLD
PRODUCTION
PARENTING
SOCIAL CAPITAL
Risks to Children from Depressed Parent
FAMILY
RESOURCES
HUMAN CAPITAL
DEVELOPMENT
HEALTH
NOTES: Environment includes physical, social, and economic factors
SOCIAL CAPITAL
DEVELOPMENT
http://www.bocyf.org/parental_depression.html