Proposal of a Basic Documentation for Child, Adolescent and Family Psychosomatics Based on a Synopsis of Basic Documentations for Children, Adolescents and Adults

Abstract

In psychiatry, psychosomatics and psychotherapy, basic documentation (BaDo) is used as a quality assurance tool. For the field of child, adolescent and family psychosomatics, there is no uniform BaDo that can be used across facilities and care areas. The aim of the study was to propose a catalog of characteristics for the context of psychosomatic treatment of children and adolescents on the basis of a synoptic comparison of established BaDos METHODS: In the context of a qualitative document analysis, BaDo items from the children/youth and adult sector were evaluated in content analysis along a category system. The resulting aspects were then classified according to age and multidisciplinary content and evaluated with regard to their child/youth specificity. Descriptive statistical analysis of the results was performed RESULTS: Aspects of the categories Family Anamnesis and Biographical Anamnesis specified a BaDo for children and adolescents. For BaDos from the psychosomatic field, a record of pre-treatments was accentuated across age groups. The recording of socio-demographic data had to be adapted conceptually to the age-related needs of children and adolescents. CONCLUSION: On the basis of an empirical approach, a modular BaDo for child, youth and family psychosomatics could be formulated that enables institutional, sectoral and interdisciplinary evaluations. In a next step, the instrument should be evaluated in an application study and be consented to on a broad level.