Results from the burden assessment scale at the youth family well-being team Meadowbrook

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Beckmann, KM
Cooper, S
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2022
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Background: The Youth Family Well-Being Team (YFWBT) at Meadowbrook is part of the Child and Youth Mental Health Services (CYMHS) Academic Clinic Unit at Metro South Hospital and Health Services. It is an assertive outreach team (Bond and Drake, 2015). YFWBT model of service delivery is informed by the flexible assertive community treatment (FACT) from Holland (Van Veldhuizen et al., 2015). YFWBT is a multidisciplinary team. Peer workers are a substantial and integrated part among the child and youth medical professionals and allied professions (Pickett et al., 2012). MS HHS is part of the public mental health (MH) provision in Queensland. Team members are employed by Queensland Health. YFWBT is an enthusiastic and dedicated team working at the interphase between inpatient and outpatient CYMHS. To evidence progress and clinical changes of patients, CYMHS use the QH battery of outcomes, which include the Health of the Nation Outcome Scores for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA), Factors Influencing Health Status (FIHS), the Children Global Assessment Scale (C-GAS) and the strength and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ). YFWBT focuses on clients with severe mental illness. Carer burden is of concern and a focus for intervention. Objectives: To introduce YFWBT, and to identify and appraise use of the Burden Assessment Scale (BAS) (Reinhard et al., 1994) at YFWBT. Methods: Case file review. This poster presents YFWBT consecutive BAS-completed service episodes during 2019 and 2020. Findings: A majority of clients saw an improvement in BAS scores during their time with YFWBT. Conclusion: In addition to HoNOSCA, FIHS, SDQ and C-GAS measures, YFWBT make use of an additional outcome measure: BAS. BAS is a useful tool to show change in burden for carers.

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

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56

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1_suppl

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Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy)

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Beckmann, KM; Cooper, S, Results from the burden assessment scale at the youth family well-being team Meadowbrook, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2022, 56 (1_suppl), pp. 236-237