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The Effective Family Programme II: clinicians' experiences of training in promotive and preventative child mental health methods
- Authors:
- TOIKKA Sini, SOLANTAUS Tytti
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 8(4), November 2006, pp.4-10.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
For this programme, mental health clinicians in Finland were trained to master interventions and to become trainers for promotion of development and prevention of mental health problems in children with mentally ill parents. A multi-professional group of 45 clinicians were involved in the training, including eighteen nurses, nine social workers, six medical doctors, six psychologists and six public health nurses. The trainees' experiences of the impact of the training on their professional skills and work satisfaction, on one hand, and implementation of the methods, on the other, were examined. The data was collected by a questionnaire. The 30 respondents (response rate 83%) reported an increase in their professional skills as well as in work-related joy and motivation. Most of them had trained others, and implementation of the new working methods had started. The success factors of the Effective Family training for first phase of the implementation are discussed.
Removing children from the care of adults with diagnosed mental illnesses - a clash of human rights?
- Author:
- PRIOR Pauline
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 6(2), 2003, pp.179-190.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Health and social services providers throughout Europe are increasingly aware of the possibility of litigation from service users arising from the application of a human rights perspective to public service provision. Presents an analysis of ECHR cases related to breaches of human rights that occurred when children were taken into care from families in which one or both parents had a diagnosed mental illness. The issues raised by these cases include the following: how to ensure that the right to family life is protected for adults with mental illnesses: how to ensure access and opportunities for parents to continue bonding with children in care; and how to avoid damaging children while giving time for a proper assessment of the care situation.