Parents experiences of investigations and interventions by Child Healthcare, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child and Youth Habilitation

This study examines parents experiences of support, investigation and treatment from child healthcare/psychiatry and habilitation in children with ESSENCE symptoms (neurodevelopmental symptoms). Data were collected through focus interviews, with 13 parents. A conventional qualitative analysis revealed four main categories: confidence, information, competence and collaboration, affecting parents. While waiting for an investigation parents experience anxiety, frustration, lack of information and confidence and doubts about their parenting ability, which also affects the child. The categories were interpreted using Bronfenbrenners bioecological model to illustrate the effects on the familys interaction with the context. Parents demand a greater insight and participation in the ongoing process and improved collaboration between the various professionalsFunding Agencies|FUTURUM, Region Joenkoeping County [910161, 910441]; Futurum - Akademin foer Haelsa och Vard, Region Joenkoepings laens [910161, 910441, 964569, 964576]