Best for Us aims to develop and implement a regionally anchored stepped care model to ensure improved and timely treatment for more children and young people with mental health problems and mental disorders.

Psychiatry in the North Denmark Region has received a historically large grant from the Novo Nordic Foundation and The Obel Family Foundation for a groundbreaking five-year project aiming to create better access, higher quality, and improved outcomes in the treatment of children and young people with mental health problems and mental disorders.
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Key elements

“Within Best for Us, the whole family will be at the center of attention. When a child or young person is not thriving, the whole family is affected. Therefore, it is important to keep the whole family in focus, in order to collectively create an inclusive and cohesive clinical pathway.”

Jan Mainz, CEO of Psychiatry - North Denmark Region

“Best for Us is an ambitious effort to find new paths to better treatment of children and young people, based on research and positive experiences from abroad. A key element is that it obligates participants across sectors, which is crucial since we are no longer in doubt that the challenges among children and young people with mental health problems are so complex that they need to be solved in close cooperation.”

Gustav Mellentin, Chair of The Obel Family Foundation

Work Packages

[EN] Bedst for Os er organiseret i syv arbejdspakker, der er sammenhængende og gensidigt understøttende i forhold til de to overordnede spor i projektet.

  • Forbedret sammenhæng i indsatser- og behandling for børn og unge i psykisk mistrivsel eller med psykisk sygdom.
  • Mere og bedre behandling i børne- og ungdomspsykiatrien- i tide.

Increasingly more children and young people struggle with severe mental health problems. 

15% of children and young people are diagnosed with a mental health disorder before they turn 18.

The increasing demand puts pressure on both the municipal and the regional Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

Over 10 years there has been an increase of 49% in the share of children and young people who are in contact with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. 

It is challenging to be the parent of a child who struggles with severe mental health problems

6 out of 10 parents of referred children have experienced professionals not listening or not taking them seriously when they have reached out with concerns regarding their child.

Large geographical variations for children and young people with mental health problems. 

The percentage of students with mental health disorders who are in upper secondary education 15 months after their final examination in 9th grade, varies from 55% to 82% depending on the municipality.