COSIP: Mental health prevention in a target group at risk - children of somatically ill parents

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 01.0153

Key words (German)

Kinder körperlich kranker Eltern; children of somatically ill parents;
Life Sciences; Medicine; Health; Scientific Research; Social Aspects

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: QLG-CT-2001-02378

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.1.8 Generic R&D activities

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrische Universitätsklinik

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: Universitätsklinik Hamburg-Eppendorf (D)

Abstract (English)

Children of ill parents are at risk of having mental health problems. In Europe, evidence based approaches to prevention are missing for this target group. In a project involving eight European countries, the mental health status of children exposed to parental illness will be studied and services shall be implemented with regard to differences in cultures and health systems. Based on acquired evidence, guidelines for effective and efficient preventive services in European countries will be elaborated.

Objectives include:
1. Analysis of children TMs needs within adult medical care;
2. Implementation and evaluation of innovative counselling services;
3. Identification of risk and protective factors predictive for specific outcomes;
4. Development of efficient modules for counselling procedures;
5. Evaluation of all interventions as a base for integrating child-oriented services into standards of disease management for adult patients.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 01.0153