Children of parents with cancer: a collaborative project between a child psychiatry clinic and an adult oncology clinic.
This article describes the development of a collaborative relationship between a child psychiatry clinic and an adult oncology clinic within a university hospital. The interest of the child psychiatry clinic was to pay attention to children of parents with cancer, and to propose an intervention to support them. A child-centred family counselling model was designed for this purpose. The preparation, implementation, and results of this project are described. Positive results, as well as mistakes and failures are discussed, and recommendations are made regarding this kind of collaboration.
Schmitt
Florence
F
Turku University Hospital, Child Clinic of Turku University Hospital, Finland. florence.schmitt@tyks.fi
Manninen
Hanna
H
Santalahti
Päivi
P
Savonlahti
Elina
E
Pyrhönen
Seppo
S
Romer
Georg
G
Piha
Jorma
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital