Detailed contribution information
| Contribution title | 3142 - The center for Family Psychiatry: safety, child protection, treatment and assessment of parenthood |
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| Contribution code | PS01-66 (P) |
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| Form of presentation | Poster |
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| Abstract |
The center for Family Psychiatry of GGZ Drenthe (the Netherlands) offers an outpatient and inpatient treatment setting for families. Most families are referred by child protection services (CPS) because of serious concerns about the safety and development of at least one child in the family. Very often there is (a threat of) an out of home placement of the child. The CPS asks for the assessment of parenthood to decide whether the child can be raised by the biological parent(s) or has to be raised in foster care. A referral to our center is often the last chance for the parent to show safe parenting for their child. The safety issues in the family are often intergenerational. Treatment is needed to be able to break these intergenerational patterns and experience and learn safe parenting. Central to the treatment plan of the family is the safety and needs of the child(ren). The safety plan is made in collaboration with CPS and the family. The family treatment plan offers a combination of individual, systemic and multifamily interventions. The inpatient clinic has the option of a 24 hours (video) surveillance for the family. It therefore offers the safe environment that is needed for families with severe safety issues. This symposium starts with an overview of the treatment model of the family psychiatric center. The next presentation will show data about the families that are referred to our center and their outcomes. We then will focus on two specific groups of families in our patient population. First, the parents with a mental disability: what are the specific problems these families are facing and what is needed for them in the assessment and treatment?Second, ‘the shaken baby’ syndrome families: what are the characteristics of these families in our center? This presentation will also show an example of the (psychotherapeutic) intervention used and developed for this group. |