Children and adolescents with mental health problems need effective and safe therapies to support their emotional and social development and to avoid functional impairment and progress of social deficits. Though psychotropic drugs seem to be the preferential treatment, psychotherapy and psychosocial interventions are essential in mental health care. For Germany, current data on the utilization of psychotherapy and psychosocial interventions in children with mental health problems is lacking. To analyse why certain children and adolescents with mental or behavioural disorders do and others do not receive non-drug treatment, we assessed predictors associated with specific non-drug psychiatric/psychotherapeutic treatment including psychosocial interventions, psychotherapy and other non-drug treatments. The study is based on data of two large German health insurance funds, AOK and TK, comprising 30 

作者：Sascha, Abbas；Peter, Ihle；Jürgen-Bernhard, Adler；Susanne, Engel；Christian, Günster；Martin, Holtmann；Axel, Kortevoss；Roland, Linder；Werner, Maier；Gerd, Lehmkuhl；Ingrid, Schubert

来源：European child & adolescent psychiatry 2016 年