Family Therapy in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Practice: Integrating Family Therapy in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Practice: An Ethic of Hospitality

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Larner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Therapy ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Mental Health Practice

scholarly journals Evaluating family therapy in a child and adolescent mental health service

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 531-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Partridge ◽  
Carol Redmond ◽  
Chris Williams ◽  
Jennie Black ◽  
Greg Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Resource Utilisation ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health Service

Aims and methodWithin a mental health service for children and their families a range of treatment options should be offered. We discuss the organisation of family therapy as one mode of treatment within a generic child and adolescent mental health service. It is based upon a review of all referrals during a 12-month period (April 1997–March 1998).ResultsThis review showed a high rate of non-attendance for first appointments, that the family therapy offered an effective forum for assessment and that a brief focused model of intervention could be effective within a generic service.Clinical implicationsThis review has lead us to modify our deployment of family therapy as a treatment option: this modification has implications in terms of resource utilisation and of the clinical use of family therapy.

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