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Evaluating family therapy in a child and adolescent mental health service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ian Partridge ,
Carol Redmond ,
Chris Williams ,
Jennie Black  and
Greg Richardson
Ian Partridge*
Affiliation:
Lime Trees Child, Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RF
Carol Redmond
Affiliation:
Lime Trees Child, Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RF
Chris Williams
Affiliation:
Lime Trees Child, Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RF
Jennie Black
Affiliation:
Lime Trees Child, Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RF
Greg Richardson
Affiliation:
Lime Trees Child, Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RF
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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Aims and method

Within 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).

Results

This 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 implications

This 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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Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 9: The Journal of Trends in Psychiatric Practice , September 1999 , pp. 531 - 533
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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