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Table 2 Range of CAMHS activities and procedures (*)

From: The characteristics and activities of child and adolescent mental health services in Italy: a regional survey

 

N (%)

Delivered treatments

 

   • Meetings with Schools for disabled children

110 (100%)

   • Counselling

100 (90.9%)

   • Individual rehabilitation training-social skills training

81 (73.6%)

   • Group rehabilitation training

64 (58.2%)

   • Monthly meetings with welfare agencies

60 (54.5%)

   • Psychoeducation

56 (50.9%)

   • Consultation to paediatric firs aid

39(35.5%)

   • Parent training

26 (23.6%)

   • Art therapy and labs

23 (20.9%)

   • Cognitive behavioural group therapy

19 (17.3%)

   • Psychoanalytic group therapy

14 (12.7%)

   • Pet therapy

7 (6.4%)

   • Music Therapy

6 (5.5%)

Availability of consultations with professionals from other units (neuroradiologists, geneticists...)

91 (82.7%)

Cooperation protocol with adult mental health services

103 (93.6%)

Frequency of staff meetings

 

   • weekly

29 (26.4%)

   • biweekly

36 (32.7%)

   • monthly

26 (23.6%)

   • less frequently

19 (17.3%)

Protocol on communication of diagnosis to family members

75 (68.2%)

Cooperation protocol with paediatricians for the treatment of specific disorders

 

   • Pervasive developmental disorder

30 (27.3%)

   • Language disorders

13 (11.8%)

   • Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder

22 (20.0%)

   • Eating disorders

21 (19.1%)

   • Chronic and disabling disorders

15 (13.6%)

Consent form for the use of psychotropic drugs

69 (62.7%)

Cooperation protocol with schools for special education needs

86 (78.2%)

Cooperation protocol with welfare agencies for abuse or family neglect

67 (60.9)

  1. (*) Information on the number (%) of units applying procedures