Gert Schout
Biographic Data
| ID | 4273282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gert Schout |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gert |
| FAMILY NAME | Schout |
| SIGNATURE | SCHOUT G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hanze University of Applied Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8000-6511 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Family group conferences for suicidal adolescents
Can thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness, risk factors for suicidal adolescents, be turned around by family group conferences? In this case study on Nick, a 17-year-old who undertook six suicide attempts, we (including Nick) share insights and learning opportunities on how family group conferences can be used. The thematic analysis suggests that family group conferences might be a promising intervention for suicidal adolescents. Fo…
Into the swampy lowlands. Evaluating family group conferences
A recent debate in the UK on the merits of randomised controlled trials in evaluating Family Group Conferencing is a reason to bring this debate to a wider audience than the UK. Other countries are also struggling with accountability and the desire to know what works in the light of public spending. This paper explores, debunks and rethinks ways of evaluating FGCs and how it is connected to our desire to predict and control future circumstances. …
Family Group Conferences in coercive psychiatry
Alternatives for coercive treatment in psychiatry, based on partnership between clients, social networks and social workers, need to be given full attention. Despite its potential to inhibit isolation, self-exclusion and reduce coercion, organising Family Group Conferences (FGC) in this field is complex. The process of a FGC may evoke shame and unbelief in the willingness of people to help out. Furthermore a lack of reciprocity in relationships c…
Understanding the Process of Family Group Conferencing in Public Mental Health Care
From 2011 until 2013, forty-one family group conferences were organised for clients in a public mental health care (PMHC) setting in the north of the Netherlands. In total, 312 semi-structured interviews were done out of a possible number of 473 Family Group Conferencing (FGC) participants. A multiple case study brought four dynamics to the surface on the process of FGC in PMHC: (i) overcoming resistance, breaking through isolation, sharing shame…
Collecting feedback as a tool to reduce care paralysis
Family group conferencing (FGC) coordinators in public mental healthcare are confronted with clients who have little faith in professionals and organizations, who hold off decisions in their family life, who avoid care and who sometimes behave in a hostile manner. A lack of initiative to deal with their situation is not only reserved for clients – all bystanders, including professionals, can suffer from it. The multiplicity and severity of the cl…
Enabling social support and resilience
Family Group Conferencing (FGC) is a decision-making model where clients with their social network formulate their own plan. There is little experience with FGC in mental health care. We studied the outcomes of 41 conferences in a public mental health setting in the north of the Netherlands. We interviewed 312 respondents out of a total of 473 conference participants. In 33 cases, it was possible to obtain scores from 245 respondents on scales ra…
Examining the Effects of Family Group Conferencing with Randomised Controlled Trials
Scholars in the Netherlands have recently questioned the evidence for the efficacy of Family Group Conferencing (FGC). Their criticism is that the research projects on FGC which have been carried out so far to examine its impact are meaningless, as there are only few studies which incorporated a randomised controlled trial (RCT) design. In this critical commentary, we, however, argue why one can question the rigour of the outcomes of FGC evaluate…
Pathways toward evictions
Breaking through Marginalisation in Public Mental Health Care with Family Group Conferencing
From January 2011 until December 2012, forty Family Group Conferences (FGCs) will be studied in the public mental health care (PMHC) setting in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands. Research should yield an answer to whether FGCs are valuable for clients in PMHC as a means to generate social support, to prevent coercion and to elevate the work of professionals. The present study reports on two case studies in which shame and fear of rejecti…
Researching the Applicability of Family Group Conferencing in Public Mental Health Care
Since the introduction of Family Group Conferences (FGCs) in the Netherlands, there has been a steady growth in conferences being organised each year. Government policy emphasises the importance of empowering families to strengthen their ability to take responsibility for their own well-being. A recently adopted amendment in the Dutch Civil Code reflects this commitment and designates FGC as good practice. However, there is little knowledge on th…
Beyond Care Avoidance and Care Paralysis
Care avoidance refers to the condition wherein clients do not seek assistance and do not attend appointments although they are in need of help. Care avoidance is linked to another phenomenon, the inability to help clients with multiple and complex problems by social services and care facilities, in this article identified as care paralysis. The aim of this article is to understand the production and reduction of care avoidance and care paralysis.…
Beyond Care Avoidance and Care Paralysis
Care avoidance refers to the condition wherein clients do not seek assistance and do not attend appointments although they are in need of help. Care avoidance is linked to another phenomenon, the inability to help clients with multiple and complex problems by social services and care facilities, in this article identified as care paralysis. The aim of this article is to understand the production and reduction of care avoidance and care paralysis.…
Enabling social support and resilience
Family Group Conferencing (FGC) is a decision-making model where clients with their social network formulate their own plan. There is little experience with FGC in mental health care. We studied the outcomes of 41 conferences in a public mental health setting in the north of the Netherlands. We interviewed 312 respondents out of a total of 473 conference participants. In 33 cases, it was possible to obtain scores from 245 respondents on scales ra…
Pathways toward evictions
Family Group Conferences in coercive psychiatry
Alternatives for coercive treatment in psychiatry, based on partnership between clients, social networks and social workers, need to be given full attention. Despite its potential to inhibit isolation, self-exclusion and reduce coercion, organising Family Group Conferences (FGC) in this field is complex. The process of a FGC may evoke shame and unbelief in the willingness of people to help out. Furthermore a lack of reciprocity in relationships c…
Collecting feedback as a tool to reduce care paralysis
Family group conferencing (FGC) coordinators in public mental healthcare are confronted with clients who have little faith in professionals and organizations, who hold off decisions in their family life, who avoid care and who sometimes behave in a hostile manner. A lack of initiative to deal with their situation is not only reserved for clients – all bystanders, including professionals, can suffer from it. The multiplicity and severity of the cl…
Examining the Effects of Family Group Conferencing with Randomised Controlled Trials
Scholars in the Netherlands have recently questioned the evidence for the efficacy of Family Group Conferencing (FGC). Their criticism is that the research projects on FGC which have been carried out so far to examine its impact are meaningless, as there are only few studies which incorporated a randomised controlled trial (RCT) design. In this critical commentary, we, however, argue why one can question the rigour of the outcomes of FGC evaluate…
Breaking through Marginalisation in Public Mental Health Care with Family Group Conferencing
From January 2011 until December 2012, forty Family Group Conferences (FGCs) will be studied in the public mental health care (PMHC) setting in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands. Research should yield an answer to whether FGCs are valuable for clients in PMHC as a means to generate social support, to prevent coercion and to elevate the work of professionals. The present study reports on two case studies in which shame and fear of rejecti…
Researching the Applicability of Family Group Conferencing in Public Mental Health Care
Since the introduction of Family Group Conferences (FGCs) in the Netherlands, there has been a steady growth in conferences being organised each year. Government policy emphasises the importance of empowering families to strengthen their ability to take responsibility for their own well-being. A recently adopted amendment in the Dutch Civil Code reflects this commitment and designates FGC as good practice. However, there is little knowledge on th…
Beyond Care Avoidance and Care Paralysis
Care avoidance refers to the condition wherein clients do not seek assistance and do not attend appointments although they are in need of help. Care avoidance is linked to another phenomenon, the inability to help clients with multiple and complex problems by social services and care facilities, in this article identified as care paralysis. The aim of this article is to understand the production and reduction of care avoidance and care paralysis.…
Breaking through Marginalisation in Public Mental Health Care with Family Group Conferencing
From January 2011 until December 2012, forty Family Group Conferences (FGCs) will be studied in the public mental health care (PMHC) setting in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands. Research should yield an answer to whether FGCs are valuable for clients in PMHC as a means to generate social support, to prevent coercion and to elevate the work of professionals. The present study reports on two case studies in which shame and fear of rejecti…
Researching the Applicability of Family Group Conferencing in Public Mental Health Care
Since the introduction of Family Group Conferences (FGCs) in the Netherlands, there has been a steady growth in conferences being organised each year. Government policy emphasises the importance of empowering families to strengthen their ability to take responsibility for their own well-being. A recently adopted amendment in the Dutch Civil Code reflects this commitment and designates FGC as good practice. However, there is little knowledge on th…
Pathways toward evictions
Enabling social support and resilience
Family Group Conferencing (FGC) is a decision-making model where clients with their social network formulate their own plan. There is little experience with FGC in mental health care. We studied the outcomes of 41 conferences in a public mental health setting in the north of the Netherlands. We interviewed 312 respondents out of a total of 473 conference participants. In 33 cases, it was possible to obtain scores from 245 respondents on scales ra…
Examining the Effects of Family Group Conferencing with Randomised Controlled Trials
Scholars in the Netherlands have recently questioned the evidence for the efficacy of Family Group Conferencing (FGC). Their criticism is that the research projects on FGC which have been carried out so far to examine its impact are meaningless, as there are only few studies which incorporated a randomised controlled trial (RCT) design. In this critical commentary, we, however, argue why one can question the rigour of the outcomes of FGC evaluate…
Collecting feedback as a tool to reduce care paralysis
Family group conferencing (FGC) coordinators in public mental healthcare are confronted with clients who have little faith in professionals and organizations, who hold off decisions in their family life, who avoid care and who sometimes behave in a hostile manner. A lack of initiative to deal with their situation is not only reserved for clients – all bystanders, including professionals, can suffer from it. The multiplicity and severity of the cl…
Understanding the Process of Family Group Conferencing in Public Mental Health Care
From 2011 until 2013, forty-one family group conferences were organised for clients in a public mental health care (PMHC) setting in the north of the Netherlands. In total, 312 semi-structured interviews were done out of a possible number of 473 Family Group Conferencing (FGC) participants. A multiple case study brought four dynamics to the surface on the process of FGC in PMHC: (i) overcoming resistance, breaking through isolation, sharing shame…
Family Group Conferences in coercive psychiatry
Alternatives for coercive treatment in psychiatry, based on partnership between clients, social networks and social workers, need to be given full attention. Despite its potential to inhibit isolation, self-exclusion and reduce coercion, organising Family Group Conferences (FGC) in this field is complex. The process of a FGC may evoke shame and unbelief in the willingness of people to help out. Furthermore a lack of reciprocity in relationships c…
Into the swampy lowlands. Evaluating family group conferences
A recent debate in the UK on the merits of randomised controlled trials in evaluating Family Group Conferencing is a reason to bring this debate to a wider audience than the UK. Other countries are also struggling with accountability and the desire to know what works in the light of public spending. This paper explores, debunks and rethinks ways of evaluating FGCs and how it is connected to our desire to predict and control future circumstances. …
Family group conferences for suicidal adolescents
Can thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness, risk factors for suicidal adolescents, be turned around by family group conferences? In this case study on Nick, a 17-year-old who undertook six suicide attempts, we (including Nick) share insights and learning opportunities on how family group conferences can be used. The thematic analysis suggests that family group conferences might be a promising intervention for suicidal adolescents. Fo…
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works)