Parents and patients: Members of an interdisciplinary team on an adolescent inpatient unit

Williams, Barbara

doi:10.1007/bf00753410

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“…Social workers must also be willing to share power with families. One recent report (Williams, 1988) suggests that professionals have great difficulty in including family members in decision making and genuinely sharing power. Within the traditional worker-elient relationship, "the worker typically exercises considerable power over the client" (Hasenfeld, 1987, p. 470).…”

Section: Utility For Social Work Practicementioning

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Collaboration between Social Workers and Families of Patients with Mental Illness

DeChillo

1993

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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The author examines collaboration between families of patients with severe mental illness and inpatient social workers as measured by a study that assessed the degree to which families and practitioners collaborate, factors that influence collaboration, and the effects of collaboration on clinical outcome. Social workers and family members were surveyed at the time of the patient's discharge from the inpatient unit. Findings revealed a relatively high degree of collaboration. The strongest predictor of collaboration was the practitioner's attitude toward family involvement in the patient's treatment. In addition, higher levels of collaboration were significantly correlated with increased family involvement in discharge planning and satisfaction with social work services.

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Section: Utility For Social Work Practicementioning

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Collaboration between Social Workers and Families of Patients with Mental Illness

DeChillo

1993

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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“…Likewise, family involvement in the planning and delivery of services is a key element in successful outcomes for the children with EBD (Baker, Heller, Blacher, & Pfeiffer, 1995;Greenley & Robitschek, 1991). For example, providing mental health services in the context of parent-professional collaboration has been demonstrated to enhance clinical outcomes (Baker et al, 1995;Greenley & Robitschek, 1991;Williams, 1988), increased family satisfaction with services (DeChillo et al, 1994), and increased family empowerment (Curtis & Singh, 1996).…”

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“…In terms of family involvement, Williams (1988) reported a program that included adolescents and their parents in the interdisciplinary treatment team at a psychiatric hospital. Although the transition to patient and family participation in treatment planning at this hospital was eventually seen as positive and beneficial, the change was initially met with resistance and fear by the professionals.…”

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Family Friendliness of Community-Based Services for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Their Families

Singh

Curtis

Wechsler

et al. 1997

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

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In systems of care, the term family friendly is used to describe services that are aligned with the needs of the families and delivered in a manner that shows professionals value and respect family involvement, empowerment, and cultural differences. The authors devised a 42-item structured observation instrument to rate the family friendliness of one component of the systems of care in Virginia for children with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) and their families. The instrument covers typical aspects of the meeting process, such as meeting management, case presentation, and formulation of service plans. It also allows for the collection of data on relevant characteristics of the meeting participants as well as demographic information on the children and their families. This instrument was used to rate the family friendliness of Family Assessment and Planning Team (FAPT) meetings, the purpose of which is to develop community-based service plans for children with EBD who are referred to the team. These teams meet in local communities and typically consist of representatives from the local juvenile court, education, health, mental health, and social service agencies. The authors observed 79 case presentations at 31 FAPT meetings in 7 localities. Although there were variations within, between, and among localities, the overall rating of family friendliness across all case presentations was good (63%). Improvements in the FAPT process are needed to assure increased family friendliness in the planning of services for children with EBD and their families.

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“…Byalin (1990) described a "parent empowerment program," and reported that the average length of stay in an inpatient adolescent psychiatric unit was reduced from one year to less than four months as a result of a systematic approach to family involvement and training. Williams (1988) also reported a higher quality of parent-profes-sional interaction and significantly shortened hospital stays as a result of including adolescents and their families in treatment team decisions.…”

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How parents view professional behaviors: A cross-professional analysis

Friesen

Koren²,

Koroloff

1992

J Child Fam Stud

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1Editor's Note: We acknowledge the sampling issue raised by the low survey return rate in this study and the resulting threat to generalizability of findings. Nevertheless, the study is judged to merit publication as one of the first efforts to examine empirically parents' views of their relationships with mental health professionals. Our hope is that this report will serve to stimulate further scientific investigation on the topic--Donald Oswald (AE). 2professor,

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Parents and patients: Members of an interdisciplinary team on an adolescent inpatient unit

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

Collaboration between Social Workers and Families of Patients with Mental Illness

Collaboration between Social Workers and Families of Patients with Mental Illness

Family Friendliness of Community-Based Services for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Their Families

How parents view professional behaviors: A cross-professional analysis

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