Beslutningen om å henlegge eller undersøke en bekymringsmelding kan sees på som første trinn i en sorteringsprosess hvor formålet er å unngå unødvendig inngripen i en familie, men også unødvendig bruk av barneverntjenestens ressurser. Det er store forskjeller i undersøkelsesrater mellom kommuner. Forskning har vist ulikheter i hvordan barneverntjenestene behandler meldinger og undersøkelser. Samtidig ...

Background: According to amended legislation implemented in Norway in 2010, personnel in healthcare services for adults are obligated to identify patients’ minor children and to assess the family situation. Health personnel is also obligated to contribute to adequate support to families affected by parental mental illness or substance use disorders. The intention behind the amendment was to ...

This article explores the extent of activities in child welfare investigations. Several studies have reported that families can experience an investigation as both stressful and intrusive (Harris 2012; Tembo and Studsrød 2019). The extent of the investigation and its relation to reported concerns is important to better understand the investigation phase. The aim of this study was to examine which ...

<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 ...

Background: Mental health problems are often transmitted from one generation to the next. This knowledge has led to changes in Norwegian legislation, making it mandatory to assess whether or not patients have children, and to provide necessary support for the children of mentally ill patients. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the process of implementing new routines in adult mental ...

Purpose Schools can be an arena for age appropriate and objective information about the support families can get from the child protection services (CPS). There is reason to believe that many children have misconceptions about the CPS and are afraid to talk to the social workers who investigates if there is reason to be concerned about a child’s well-being. The aim of the study was to investigate ...

Objective - Research provides evidence that parental mental illness affects child development through parenting behaviour. This study investigates how parents with a mental illness report on their parenting sense of competence.<p> <p>Method - A sample of 141 parents receiving treatment at a clinic for mental health and substance use disorders participated. The Parenting Sense of Competence scale ...

<i>Background</i>: The main objective of this project is to create a research and intervention model to promote large-scale implementation and evaluations of generic very brief interventions for children of parents with mental disorders (COPMI). Feasible interventions for COPMI aged 0–18 years are highly needed, as this is a large high-risk group in society. Reducing behavioral problems and enhancing ...

Hensikten med kunnskapsoversikten var å lære mer om samhandlingen mellom barnevernet og psykisk helsevern for barn og unge (PHBU) i Norge. Det ble gjort litteratursøk sommeren 2014 i rapporter og artikler som var publisert i tiden 2004 til 2014. Kriterier for inklusjon var at barnevern og/eller PHBU sto i tittelen. Totalt var 78 publikasjoner relevante for en grundigere gjennomgang, og av disse ...

Objectives: Child protection referrals that contain information about incidents of physical child abuse, sexual abuse, and domestic violence have a high chance of being screened in for investigation. The aim of the current study is to investigate which case factors that affect the decision to screen-in cases with other types of concerns.<p> <p>Method: A sample of referrals (N = 1365) to child ...