The present study evaluates the Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) approach in which families and youth care professionals collaborate with an informal mentor, who is someone adolescents (aged twelve to twenty-three) nominate from their own social network. The informal mentor can be a relative, neighbour …

The complexity of the daily practice of social workers in the Netherlands has increased, while the social appreciation for their work has decreased. Stakeholders involved in social work practice agreed that a masters programme for social workers could be an important step to improve the quality of social …

In psychiatric care professionals perceive some patients as ‘difficult’, especially patients with long-term non-psychotic disorders. For these patients few evidence-based treatments exist. An intervention program, Interpersonal Community Psychiatric Treatment (ICPT), was developed by the authors. It …

Onderzoek in het sociaal-psychiatrische werkveld vindt de laatste jaren maar beperkt plaats in Nederland. Er wordt weliswaar onderzoek gedaan naar in het buitenland ontwikkelde programmas, zoals ACT (Assertive Community Treatment), IRB (Integrale Rehabilitatie Benadering), IPS (Individual Placement & …

Evidence based werken in de zorg voor jeugd? Prima! Maar wat doen we met vragen als: - In wiens handen werken interventies; wat kenmerkt effectieve professionals? - Wat is de invloed van de werkalliantie van professionals en cliënten? - Waarom werken interventies, en onder welke condities? -Hoe kunnen …