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The role of the Child Health Services in promoting mental health: an introduction
Author(s) -
Wickberg B
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2000.tb03093.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mental health , psychosocial , intervention (counseling) , health promotion , promotion (chess) , psychiatry , nursing , family medicine , public health , politics , political science , law
This paper gives an introduction to the psychosocial work in the Swedish Child Health Services (CHS). There are substantial problems in defining and evaluating the preventive mental health work of the CHS. The issues raised include: why early preventive intervention is important; the promotion of parental mental health as an aim of the CHS; how the CHS can increase parenting knowledge and skills; what evidence there is about intervention among target groups; and finally, how recent research knowledge can be applied in the CHS.