Publications by authors named "Henrikje Klasen"

Article Synopsis
  • Europe has significant cultural diversity which impacts the organization and training of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) services across different countries.
  • Parents and patients expect high-quality services from child and adolescent psychiatrists (CAPs) regardless of the country, prompting a comparison of training programs.
  • The CAP-State survey collects information on training variations across Europe, focusing on aspects like program organization, flexibility, governance, research access, and networking to improve future training standards.
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Previous guidelines and planning documents have identified the key role primary care providers play in delivering mental health care, including the recommendation from the WHO that meeting the mental health needs of the population in many low and middle income countries will only be achieved through greater integration of mental health services within general medical settings. This position paper aims to build upon this work and present a global framework for enhancing mental health care delivered within primary care. This paper synthesizes previous guidelines, empirical data from the literature and experiences of the authors in varied clinical settings to identify core principles and the key elements of successful collaboration, and organizes these into practical guidelines that can be adapted to any setting.

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Purpose: Child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) problems are common and serious all over the world and are linked to pre-mature deaths and serious dysfunction in adult life. Effective interventions have been developed in high income countries (HIC), but evidence from low income settings is scarce and scattered. The aim of this paper is to identify the most promising interventions in the area of global CAMH.

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The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a short behavioural screening questionnaire which can be completed in about five minutes by parents and teachers of 4- to 16-year-olds or as self-report by 11- to 16-year-olds. The English original has already been fully evaluated and is widely used in research and clinical practice. The instrument was translated into German in 1997, and several evaluative studies have since been completed.

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