A1 Journal article (refereed)
Out-of-home interventions for adolescents who were treated according to the Open Dialogue model for mental health care (2023)
Bergström, T., Kurtti, M., Miettunen, J., Yliruka, L., & Valtanen, K. (2023). Out-of-home interventions for adolescents who were treated according to the Open Dialogue model for mental health care. Child Abuse and Neglect, 145, Article 106408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106408
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Bergström, Tomi; Kurtti, Mia; Miettunen, Jouko; Yliruka, Laura; Valtanen, Kari
Journal or series: Child Abuse and Neglect
ISSN: 0145-2134
eISSN: 1873-7757
Publication year: 2023
Publication date: 25/08/2023
Volume: 145
Article number: 106408
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication country: United Kingdom
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106408
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/88847
Abstract
Background
The Open Dialogue approach (OD) emphasizes community-based psychiatric treatment for adolescents, but its success in achieving this is poorly documented.
Objective
To analyse out-of-home intervention usage in a national sample of adolescent psychiatric patients and determine if OD is linked to increased time until out-of-home intervention.
Participants and setting
The register-based cohort study included all adolescents aged 13–20 who received psychiatric treatment in Finland between 2003 and 2008. The research group (n = 780) included adolescents whose treatment was initiated in the Western Lapland catchment area, where OD covered the entire psychiatric service. The comparison group (n = 44,088) included the rest of Finland. National register data encompassed the period from treatment onset until the end of the 10-year follow-up or death. The primary outcomes of interest were the times to the first and second out-of-home intervention, including foster care, supportive housing, and hospitalization. The secondary outcomes included the clinical/demographic characteristics of adolescents treated out-of-home.
Methods
The hypothesis was tested via an inverse probability of treatment–weighted Cox hazard model, plus within- and between-group comparisons to analyse the secondary outcome.
Results
OD was associated with increased time to the first (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR]: 0.61, 95%CI: 0.52–0.72) and second (aHR: 0.75, 95%CI: 0.58–0.96) out-of-home interventions. In both service types, there was a subgroup of adolescents with repeated out-of-home interventions, who also demonstrated poorer long-term outcomes.
Conclusion
OD-based psychiatric services for adolescents are associated with fewer out-of-home interventions. The clinical significance of the findings warrants further research.
Keywords: child protection; mental health; psychiatry; psychiatric patients; care; intervention; young people; cohort study
Free keywords: child protection system; effectiveness; hospitalization; long-term outcomes; mental health; psychiatry; supportive housing
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Reporting Year: 2023
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