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dc.contributor.authorDoesum, Karin van
dc.contributor.authorMaia, Teresa M
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Catarina
dc.contributor.authorLoureiro, Monica
dc.contributor.authorMarau, Joana
dc.contributor.authorToscano, Lurdes
dc.contributor.authorLauritzen, Camilla
dc.contributor.authorReedtz, Charlotte
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-08T13:31:01Z
dc.date.available2019-10-08T13:31:01Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-07
dc.description.abstract<p><i>Background - </i>Children of parents with mental illness (COPMI) are a high-risk group. There is a strong association between parents’ psychiatric disorders and the incidence of psychopathology in their children. These children need to be identified and supported by mental health workers early, and hence, clinical practice in adult mental health services needs to change from a focus on individual patients to a more systemic family focus. “Semente,” a mental health promotion program developed by the Psychiatry Service of Fernando Fonseca hospital (Lisbon, Portugal), had been established to identify these children and families and promote their mental health, by decreasing the impact of risk factors and promoting protective factors. The program included preventive COPMI interventions and implementation of activities offered to families with children in the mental health care. The aim of the present study was to evaluate changes in mental health care after the training in “Child Talks” intervention (two to three psycho-educational meetings with parents and children) and implementation of the “Semente” program. <p><i>Methods - </i>Participants (<i>N</i> = 51) were all professionals from Psychiatric Service of Fernando Fonseca Hospital who received <i>Child Talks</i> training. The Family-Focused Mental Health Practice Questionnaire (FFMPQ) was used to measure change in professionals’ attitudes, knowledge, confidence, and organizational structure in working with these families. All participants filled in the questionnaire before training and 10 months later. <p><i>Results - </i>The results showed that, from pre- to post-measurement, the professionals changed clinical practice significantly. The largest changes were visible in the improved provision of support at the workplace for family-focused practice and the clarity and availability of the policies and procedures. Furthermore, the skill and knowledge of the mental health workers showed significant improvement at posttest. <p><i>Conclusion - </i>The positive results of this study were not unexpected; the training, implementation of routines, and procedures as well as workplace support were aims of the “Semente” program. Interpretation of the results should be taken with caution because of the small sample and the lower reliability of some of scales of the FFMPQ. The results indicate that professionals moved from patient focus to family focus during the implementation of the “Semente” program.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00305>https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00305</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationvan Doesum, K., Maia, T., Pereira, C., Loureiro, M., Marau, J., Toscano, L., Lauritzen, C. & Reedtz, C. (2019). The Impact of the “Semente” Program on the Family-Focused Practice of Mental Health Professionals in Portugal. <i>Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10</i>, 305. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00305en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1702387
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00305
dc.identifier.issn1664-0640
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/16362
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dc.relation.journalFrontiers in Psychiatry
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Psychiatry, child psychiatry: 757en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Psykiatri, barnepsykiatri: 757en_US
dc.subjectfamily focuseden_US
dc.subjectmental illnessen_US
dc.subjectparentingen_US
dc.subjectimplementationen_US
dc.subjectchildren of parents with a mental illness (COPMI)en_US
dc.titleThe Impact of the “Semente” Program on the Family-Focused Practice of Mental Health Professionals in Portugalen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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