Person-centered approach (psychiatric help)

A person-centered approach in psychiatric aids means the concept of treatment that is oriented towards the individual's living situation, as it was designed within social psychiatry . It was formulated as a distinction to an institution-centered control.

The institution-centered control is based on fixed numbers of places, defined services and homogeneous financing. Patients are assigned to the institution that best meets their needs. Within this concept it is difficult to anticipate changes e.g. B. to respond to the need for help.

In contrast, the person-centered approach is based on the specific need for help and the resources and options available in the patient's living environment. The psychiatric help is negotiated in consultation with all parties involved and organized based on needs.

The advocates of the person-centered approach hope that a. an improvement in the quality of care and greater autonomy for patients and relatives .

The paradigm of person-centeredness is the guiding principle of the entire Federal Participation Act , which will come into force in sections from 2017 , in particular the reform of integration assistance for people with disabilities and significant impairments.

literature

• Aktion Mentally Ill eV; Petra Gromann (ed.): The person-centered approach in psychiatric care (Psychosocial work aids; 11). 5. advanced u. act. Aufl. Psychiatrieverlag, Bonn 2005, ISBN 978-3-88414-384-1 (1 CD-ROM; former title: Person-centered help in psychiatric care ).
• Georg Schulte Kemna: Materials on the person-centered approach in psychiatric care . In: notch. Forum for Social Psychiatry , Volume 22 (2004), Issue 4/2004 , ISSN  0724-5165 .

Web links

• Description of the approach within a method training for individual treatment and rehabilitation planning in community psychiatry
• Person centering in practice - The basis for the future pension and remuneration structure Project report, Stuttgart 2003 (PDF; 1.8 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS): Frequently asked questions about the Federal Participation Act (BTHG): What does the new focus on people in the BTHG mean? . January 1, 2018, p. 6 f.