Aktueller Stand der Interkulturellen Öffnung der psychiatrischpsychotherapeutischen Versorgung von Kindern und Jugendlichen aus Sicht von Fachkräften / The Current Status of the Intercultural Opening of the Psychiatric-Psychotherapeutic Care for Children and Adolescents from the Perspective of Professionals

Abstract

The Current Status of the Intercultural Opening of the Psychiatric-Psychotherapeutic Care for Children and Adolescents from the Perspective of Professionals Children and adolescents with a migration background have a high demand for psychiatricpsychotherapeutic care in Germany. Nevertheless, they often do not receive the care needed, despite the Intercultural Opening, which aims at adjusting the services to their needs.The aim of the study is to get insights in the current status of the Intercultural Opening of the psychiatric- psychotherapeutic care system by examining the perspectives and needs of the staff working with this vulnerable population. A sample of N = 232 pedagogical and health care professionals completed the online survey. Intercultural competencies, further training needs and challenges in their work were assessed by open and closed questions. Overall, our results demonstrate high intercultural competencies. Pedagogical and health care professionals reported several challenges in their work (e. g. with the language barrier). There was a great demand for specific transcultural trainings. Despite high intercultural competencies of the professionals, there is a clear need for action to improve the Intercultural Opening of the psychiatric-psychotherapeutic care systems. Further transcultural trainings and several structural improvements (e. g. changes in the training curriculum of the professionals, provision of more trained translators) would help to open the care system.