Evaluating workforce developments to support children of mentally ill parents: implementing new interventions in the adult mental healthcare in Northern Norway.

BMJ Open
Charlotte ReedtzKarin T M van Doesum

Abstract

According to new Norwegian laws, mental healthcare for adults are obligated to assess all patients who are parents and to act on their children's needs. This article describes the study protocol of implementing the interventions Family Assessment and Child Talks for children of patients in the adult psychiatry of the University Hospital of Northern Norway. The project is designed to evaluate the process of changes in clinical practice due to the implementation of two interventions. The interventions to be implemented are a standardised Family Assessment Form and the intervention called Child Talks. The family assessment form is an intervention to identify children of mentally ill parents and their needs. The intervention Child Talks is a health-promoting and preventive intervention where the mental health workers talk with the family about the situation of the children and their needs. There are two groups of participants in this study: (1) mental health workers in the clinic (N=220) and (2) patients who are parents (N=200) receiving treatment in the clinic. (1) In the evaluation of clinical practice, the authors use a pre-test, post-test and 1-year follow-up design. At pre-test, the authors evaluate status quo among mental hea...Continue Reading

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Feb 19, 2014·Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care·Frøydis GullbråMarit Hafting
Mar 31, 2015·Journal of Child and Family Studies·Camilla LauritzenMonica Martinussen
Feb 11, 2014·BMC Health Services Research·Camilla LauritzenMonica Martinussen
Oct 19, 2016·International Journal of Mental Health Systems·Camilla Lauritzen, Charlotte Reedtz
Apr 10, 2020·International Journal of Mental Health Nursing·Becca AllchinMelinda Goodyear
Jan 24, 2019·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Charlotte ReedtzKamilla Rognmo

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