Information
for Practitioners
According
to scientific and clinical reports, parents who suffer from a
mental illness or who were exposed to severe stress in their
childhood often find it more difficult to respond appropriately to
their child's emotional needs compared to parents without such
stress. So when we treat patients who have children, we should
also think about them and include parenthood in the treatment. In
Aachen, a programme was carried out with Early
Aids Aachen and Surrounding Area,
which offers mentalisation-based teamwork and supervision. In
Heidelberg and Berlin, parent training courses were offered at the
Clinic for General Psychiatry at Heidelberg University Hospital
and the Psychiatric University Clinic of the Charité at St Hedwig
Hospital in Berlin. They aim to improve parents' ability to
empathise with their child and are now being integrated into
existing care systems.
Recruitment and data collection have been completed and initial
results will be published on our website shortly.
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