Publications by authors named "Thirsa Van Dongen"
Children with complex needs require coordinated care and collaboration between the different sectors in child mental health care. These needs and service issues are individually defined and therefore challenging for the mental health system to respond effectively. Different barriers at the organizational and policy level to initiate and maintain collaborative relationships are reported.
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- In Belgium, experts realized that kids with complicated health issues need teamwork between different helpers like child welfare and psychiatry.
- They created a guide called Client Network Consultation (CNC) to help these teams work better together and involve the kids and their families.
- A study found that while this teamwork helps families, there are some challenges in how everyone works together, and they discovered important ideas on how to improve this process.