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Comprehensive management of children on a paediatric ward: a family approach
Insights
A multidisciplinary team approach improves comprehensive care for children on pediatric wards. This collaborative model enhances training for pediatricians in managing childhood emotional and psychosomatic problems.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric healthcare
- Child and adolescent psychiatry
- Clinical psychology
Background:
- Comprehensive management of children on general pediatric wards requires a coordinated approach.
- Traditional pediatric care may not fully address the complex emotional and psychosomatic needs of children.
Observation:
- A multidisciplinary team, including pediatricians, nurses, child psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists, play-leaders, and teachers, was implemented.
- Team members engage in mutual learning, enhancing the training of pediatricians in managing children's emotional issues.
Findings:
- The team approach integrates principles of family therapy with other modalities like behavioral, marital, and individual therapy.
- This comprehensive model is particularly effective for children with severe psychosomatic problems.
- The approach is also suitable for managing a broader range of childhood emotional difficulties.
Implications:
- This integrated team model offers a framework for optimizing pediatric patient care.
- Enhanced training for pediatricians in psychosocial aspects of child health is a key outcome.
- Improved outcomes for children with psychosomatic and emotional disorders are anticipated.
Abstract:
A team approach in the comprehensive management of children on a general paediatric ward is described. The team comprises paediatricians, nurses, a child psychiatrist, and a social worker, with a psychologist, play-leader, and teachers making important contributions. In this way members of the team learn from each other, and the paediatrician in training gains valuable experience about the management of children with emotional problems. The team approach is based on the principles of family therapy, but it also uses other forms of therapy--such as behavioural, marital, and individual. Children with severe psychosomatic problems in particular can be helped by such treatment, but other emotional problems are also suitable for management using such an approach.