Behandling och kunskapssyn - En studie om ungdomsmottagningars och barn- och ungdomspsykiatrins arbete med ungdomar.
TREATMENT AND EPISTEMOLOGY A STUDY ABOUT YOUTH CLINICS AND CHILD- AND YOUTH PSYCHIATRYS WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE Larsson, A och Nilsson, J. Behandling och förhållningssätt. En studie om ungdomsmottagningar och barn- och ungdomspsykiatrins arbete med ungdomar. Examensarbete i normöverträdelser, normkonflikter och sociala interventioner 15 poäng. Malmö högskola: Hälsa och Samhälle, enheten för Individ familj och samhälle, 2011. The purpose of this essay was to examine which treatments child and adolescent psychiatry and youth clinics use and how they discuss these choices. We examined how social workers in child and adolescent psychiatry and youth clinics relate to medical and psychological therapy. The paper describes two organizations, child and adolescent psychiatry and youth services, and what treatment options there are in the two activities. The idea is also to describe the attitudes the professionals have to the different treatment options. The essay is based on social workers who work with children and young people aged between 12 and 23 who have problems with including depression. We have analyzed our material by using theories of epistemology. What is the epistemology of medical and psychological therapy? And are social workers knowledge enough to be able to work with young people who suffer from depression and anxiety?