title: [The mobile child and adolescent psychiatric service: an effective treatment model in rural areas].
abstract: A mobile unit for child and adolescent psychiatry is described that serves two counties with a combined population of 400 000. In both counties the unit is the third most frequently used outpatient service, providing 21% of all outpatient care in child and adolescent psychiatry in Marburg-Biedenkopf and 40% in Waldeck-Frankenberg. After the outpatient clinics this unit serves the largest number of patients from the lower social classes, in the case of psychotherapy the majority (54.1%). This unit also makes the largest number of home visits. On the whole, the mobile unit can be considered an effective means of providing mental health services in rural areas.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008952:Mobile Health Units / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D012106:Research; D012423:Rural Health / Q000639:trends*
vernacular_title: Der mobile kinder- und jugendpsychiatische Dienst: Ein wirksames Versorgungsmodell für ländliche Regionen.