Mental Health and Wellbeing

The BeST^? Services Trial:

effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the New Orleans Intervention Model for Infant Mental Health

‌BeST^? is a randomised controlled trial comparing an infant mental health service (the New Orleans Intervention Model (NIM)) with Social Work Services -as-usual.  It aims to find out what is the best service for young abused and neglected pre-school children coming into foster care.

In Glasgow, health and social work currently offer two new services for children who enter foster care. These are the Family Assessment and Contact Service (FACS) or the Glasgow Infant and Family Team (GIFT).  In South London there are various Social Work Services for children coming in to foster care and these will be compared with the London Infant and Family Team (LIFT).  The BeST^? Services Research Trial team is trying to find out which service works best for children’s development. Therefore, we are inviting all families to take part if they have a child aged between 0 and 5 years when they enter an episode of foster care in Glasgow or South London.

BeST^? Findings Article - Infant mental health services from birth and foster families of maltreated pre-school chidlren in foster care (BeST^?):a cluster-randomized phase 3 clinical effectiveness trial

BeST^? Trial Findings - Animation