The Effective Family Program: Preventative Services for the Children of Mentally Ill Parents in Finland
- Författare
- Solantaus, T. & Toikka, S.
- Titel
- The Effective Family Program: Preventative Services for the Children of Mentally Ill Parents in Finland
- Utgivningsår
- 2006
- Tidskrift
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion
- Volym
- 8
- Häfte
- 3
- Sidor
- 35-42
- Sammanfattning
The Effective Family Programme was initiated in Finland in 2001 to provide methods for health and social services to support families and children of mentally ill parents. The methods are implemented and clinicians are trained in psychiatric services and primary health care. The methods include the Beardslee Preventive Family Intervention, a parent-focused Let's Talk about Children Discussion and the Network Meeting. The Effective Family Programme represents large-scale implementation of a promotive and preventative child-centred approach in adult psychiatry. The first five years have been successful. Two thirds of health districts have initiated training. However, big challenges lie ahead. While the work was initiated in psychiatric services, it needs to be extended to primary health care and social services as well. Institutionalisation of the methods is still in progress, as well as incorporation of the work into the basic training of all mental health professionals.