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The risk of transmission of psychopathology from parent to child is high. Psychological disorders of parents have an influence on parenting and on the development of the young child. An integrated treatment for parent and child, in which professionals from adult and infant mental health teams work together, is still not commonplace.To explore how parents have experienced the integrated family approach in mental health care foundation Dimence Groep and what they believe to be barriers and facilitators. The results can be used to fine-tune the integrated family approach in mental health care.Semi-structured interviews with 18 parents of young children (0-6 years). Interviews were analyzed using the thematic analysis approach.Perceived positive therapeutic results according to parents were described in the areas of the parent-child interaction, the parentrsquo;s mentalizing capacity, parenting skills, and confidence in the parental role. Within the main themes of barriers and facilitators, several subthemes were clustered such as the consideration of the entire (family)context, offering tailoring and flexibility, cooperation between the departments, shared decision-making and the importance of the therapeutic relationship.According to parents who suffer from psychological disorders who have young children, an integrated family approach, in which the adult and infant mental health teams work together, is of added value. The findings from this qualitative research can be used to develop a broader transferable model for mental health care in the Netherlands. |
