[Interdisciplinary Collaboration between Social Service and Case Management in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Qualitative Study of Barriers, Facilitators and the Family Caregiver Perspective].

Authors

Helene Hense, Lorenz Harst, Fabian Baum, Jochen Schmitt, Anne Neumann

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Psychiatrische Praxis. Jun 23, 2026. Epub Jun 23, 2026.

Abstract

For the first time, a health insurance fund's Social Service (SD) module was implemented in a German child and adolescent psychiatry model project (MP) to support relatives. The SD collaborates with the Case Management (CM) of the MP. The study investigated: 1) SD-CM collaboration barriers and facilitators, 2) legal guardians' (LG) perception of the SD, and 3) the perceived benefit of SD counseling.
A focus group with n=7 SD and CM staff and qualitative interviews with n=15 LG were content-analyzed.
Barriers and facilitators of SD-CM-collaboration were mapped across the categories structural characteristics, professional role, personal characteristics and LG' reactions. Some LG lacked a conception of the SD and requested more information. The SD provided emotional and administrative support for LG and mediated access to further services.
Recommendations are derived for the MP.

PMID:
42335971
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 24 Jun 2026.

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