[Assessment of Family Based Intervention Needs by a Direct Survey of Patients with a Psychiatric Disorder]

[Interinstitutional cooperation between youth welfare services, child and adolescent psychiatry and adult psychiatry - an empirical study]

Family support in Germany is provided by a conglomerate of different support systems. In order to optimize the networking and cooperation of these inter-institutional support systems, it is important to gain a deeper understanding of the existing cooperation structures. Against this background, different qualitative and quantitative aspects were surveyed and analyzed by means of a questionnaire among participants from different help systems. The results point in particular to the currently existing special role of adult psychiatry.

[Burden of Children of Patients with Mental Illness - A High Risk Population that Needs Selective and Indicated Prevention?]

OBJECTIVE

To determinate behavioral problems of children of parents with mental illness. Conclusions for prevention.

METHODS

Inpatients from a psychiatric hospital (N = 399) with children (4-18 yrs.) evaluated their children's behavior with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL).

RESULTS

Children of mentally ill parents showed significantly more behavioral problems than children of healthy parents. They had overall fewer behavioral problems compared to children with mental illness, however, behavioral problems were similar with respect to "social problems" (4-11 year-old boys, 12-18 year-old girls) and "somatic complaints" (12-18 year-old boys and girls).

CONCLUSION

Results indicate a selective, partly indicated, need for prevention. The data point towards certain areas of behavioral problems that should be particularly targeted when planning such programs.