Eight years after – a follow‐up study of mothers and children at psychosocial risk who received early treatment

Does early intervention leave its mark

Bibliographic Data

ID12570576
AuthorsMarie Wadsby (Linköping University, corresponding author), Elisabeth Arvidsson (Linköping University)
Year2010
Volume15
Issue4
Pages452-460
Publication date2010-04-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild & Family Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00696.x
OpenAlexW1588584846
LanguageEN
References cited29

One‐hundred forty‐five mothers at psychosocial risk who, with their babies, had been given treatment at a parent–baby clinic during a 2‐year period starting in 1999, treatment designed to strengthen the mother–child relationship, were followed up 8 years later. Both the mothers who had agreed to take part in the treatment programme ( n = 73) and those who had declined ( n = 72) were searched for in the records of the Social Welfare office to determine if the treated mothers had been focused on to a lesser degree in the following 8 years than those who had declined treatment, a hypothesis that was initially put forward. The behaviour of the children whose mothers had undergone treatment ( n = 46) was studied. The initial hypothesis had to be rejected; support and intervention from the social authorities had been equally common in both groups. However, the children of treated mothers had fewer externalizing behaviour than children of untreated mothers at psychosocial risk

Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child Welfare and Adoption · Demography · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology · Pediatrics

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