[The landscape of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy in Germany: structures, challenges, and developments].

For children and adolescents in need of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care, outpatient, day patient, and inpatient facilities are provided. A new development is called "inpatient equivalent treatment" that consists of home visits by a multiprofessional team. This paper depicts the landscape of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Services, covering its historical development and the structural, care policy, and financing backgrounds.

[COVID-19 and Psychiatric Disorders in Minors: Changes in Inpatient Treatment According to Hospital Statistics].

COVID-19 and Psychiatric Disorders in Minors: Changes in Inpatient Treatment According to Hospital Statistics Increased rates of psychiatric disorders and psychiatric emergencies in children and adolescents stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic have been reported, with more children and adolescents suffering from internalizing disorders. This study analyzes whether the increased rates led to increased rates of inpatient treatment in child and adolescent psychiatric and pediatric hospitals in Germany as well as a change in diagnoses of the treated patients. We analyzed routine hospital data ("InEK" data, § 21 KHG data files) from a prepandemic (2019) and a pandemic (2021) half-year regarding changes in the number of cases, diagnoses, and length of stay (LoS) in child and adolescent psychiatry and pediatrics.

[Trends in Adolescents' Satisfaction with Their Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment: A Panel Analysis over 7 Years].

Trends in Adolescents' Satisfaction with Their Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment: A Panel Analysis over 7 Years Because the German legislature is increasingly enabling adolescents' participation in their psychiatric treatment, we traced changes in satisfaction of 6,893 patients at the end of their stay in 10 hospitals using BEST-J. The treatments resulted in a fair overall satisfaction without any improvement over the 7 years studied. In seven hospitals, we calculated deviation from the overall satisfaction based on annual surveys.

[Evidence for Psychodynamic Therapy for Children and Adolescents].

In Germany, cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and systemic therapy are scientifically and legally approved as suitable procedures for treating mental disorders. While all methods have provided empirical evidence of their effectiveness in adults according to defined criteria of the "Scientific Advisory Board for Psychotherapy" (in German: "Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Psychotherapie"), i. e.

Long-term outcome of intensive home treatment for children and adolescents with mental health problems - 4 years after a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Background: Admission rates to child and adolescent mental health inpatient units in Germany are substantial (58.831 admissions in 2019). Historically, different treatment pathways have not been available.

[Use of masks by children to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2].

After initial reluctance masks have emerged as an important means of restricting the spread of SARS-CoV‑2, the new coronavirus causing COVID-19. Other simple measures are keeping a distance of at least 1 ½ m from other persons and observing hygiene recommendations, including washing or even disinfecting the hands, coughing into the crook of the arm and remaining at home when sick. Combining the initial letters of the German words for the three measures ( distance-hygiene-face mask) the acronym AHA was formed, a colloquial German word meaning that the speaker understood the information presented.

[Quality of Psychiatric (Hospital) Care - Perspectives?].

Germany, in comparison to other countries, provides a good quality of services to distinct groups of patients. But as far as total expenditure for mental health services is concerned, it belongs to the top European states. The differentiation of services since the Expert Commission to the parliament (1975) was associated by fragmentation of the therapeutic alliances and the patient's relations in his or her personal social system.

[From home treatment to psychiatric ward-equivalent treatment (StäB) - A systematic review of outpatient treatment in Germany].

From home treatment to psychiatric ward-equivalent treatment (StäB) - A systematic review of outpatient treatment in Germany In the past, home treatment was not available in Germany for children and adolescents with mental health problems. However, enactment of the PsychVVG law on 1 January 2017 has changed this, so that intensive home treatment (stationsäquivalente Behandlung, StäB) can now be offered as an alternative to inpatient treatment. This literature review a) analyzes existing German home treatment studies for effectiveness, b) determines from international reviews criteria for effective home treatment, and c) aligns these with the standardized StäB criteria.