Different perspectives in psychiatry: how family-oriented are professionals in Germany?

ABSTRACT: ΒACKGROUND: Children of parents with a mental illness have up to 50% chance of developing a mental illness themselves. Numerous studies have shown that preventive family-oriented interventions can decrease the risk by 40% and that professionals are a decisive factor influencing family-oriented practice. There are also substantial differences between professions in terms of their family-oriented practices. This study examines the level of family-oriented practice for different professional groups in Germany.

Methods

Data were used from the baseline assessment of the two-group randomized controlled multicenter trial ci-chimps as a subproject of CHIMPS-NET, which took place from January 2020 to May 2021 in 18 clinical centers in Germany. Child and adolescent mental health systems as we

SUBMITTER: Laser C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10880271 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature