[The development and testing of a screening instrument for psychosocial needs assessment within acute psychiatric care].

A new instrument (PSH-7) was developed and tested in practice for the standardised assessment of psychosocial support needs in acute psychiatric care.Based on a mixed-methods approach, this instrument was tested in a cross-sectional study (N=84) using quantitative (descriptive evaluation and univariate analysis of variance) and qualitative methods (qualitative content analysis) for its suitability for practical use.The PSH-7 proved to be a suitable instrument for recording the need for help.

[The Standardised Recording of Psychosocial Help Needs within Psychiatric Acute Treatment in a Socio-Educational Counselling Context].

People with mental illness often have complex social problems. Up to now, there has been no systematised/standardised recording of social assistance needs in acute psychiatric care. One reason for this is the lack of adequate instruments and the increasing workload.