Costs of health and social services use in children of parents with mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children of parents with mental illness have a higher risk of developing mental health problems when compared with the general population. Therefore, families with parents with mental illness are a suitable target group for selective prevention. In order to plan and evaluate the health economic consequences of preventive interventions for this target group, data on the societal costs related to parenthood under the condition of mental disorders are needed. To date, within Germany there has been a lack of research evaluating the costs of mental health treatment and use of social services by children and adolescents with parents with mental illness.

Methods

As part of a multicentre randomised controlled trial, use and costs of health and social services were assesse

SUBMITTER: Waldmann T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7897390 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature