title: The effect of family counselling on the mental health of 10-11-year-old children in low- and high-risk families: a longitudinal approach.
abstract: This study investigated the effect of family counselling on the child's mental health in low- and high-risk families. The material consisted of 160 families with a baby born in 1975-76. First, the families were classified with a weighted risk index into low- and high-risk families. Eighty of the families attended a five-year-long family counselling program. The results of a ten year follow-up study showed that both the initial family risk and the counselling made a statistically significant contribution to the 10-11-year-old child's mental health. The counselling had a positive effect both in low- and high-risk families.
authors.affiliation: Child Psychiatric Clinic, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aronen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008016:Life Change Events; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012307:Risk Factors