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A Description and Evaluation of a Community Child Mental Health Service

United Medical and Dental Schools, Guy's Hospital, London, UK, h.davis{at}umds.ac.uk

Pamela Spurr

United Medical and Dental Schools, Guy's Hospital, London, UK

Antony Cox

United Medical and Dental Schools, Guy's Hospital, London, UK

Margaret A. Lynch

United Medical and Dental Schools, Guy's Hospital, London, UK

Annette Von Roenne

University of Malawi

Kornelia Hahn

Haringey Healthcare Trust, London, UK

A community-based child mental health service was established for families of preschool children with emotional and behavioural problems in the children, psychosocial problems in the family or parenting difficulties. The intervention was home-based and conducted by health visitors and paediatric community medical officers trained in parent counselling, parenting issues and child behavioural management. The approach was based upon frameworks derived from counselling theory, with the intervention dependent upon the development of a trusting and respectful partnership with the parents. The aims were to promote and support the parents' own exploration of the identified problems, and to help them establish clear aims and effective problem management strategies. Ongoing supervision was provided by a clinical psychologist. The evidence indicated that the training course was acceptable to non-mental health professionals and effective in preparing them to work with psychosocial problems. The service was a feasible option for work at the community level; it was acceptable to both referrers and parents and beneficial for families living in a very deprived inner-city community.

Key Words: community medical officers • health visitors • parent counselling • preschool problems • service evaluation

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