INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION AS A MODALITY TO RESOLVE THERAPEUTIC IMPASSES IN PEDOPSYCHIATRY: A PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH-ACTION
This article presents the theoretical background, methodology and results of a participatory action research aimed at understanding how professionals working in a child psychiatry clinic build their interprofessional collaboration practice, the context in which this practice is built, and how these professionals can, by reflecting on their practice, improve the resolution of therapeutic impasses. Through a qualitative analysis, based on a thematic analysis methodology of data collected during team reflection periods and a group interview, we identified seven determinants of the interprofessional collaboration process grouped into three themes: 1) commitment, 2) interactions and 3) the practice context. Six determinants favour collaborative interprofessional work while one determinant acts as an obstacle. Evidencing these determinants during the course of research had a positive impact on the interprofessional collaboration process and the therapeutic impasses resolution. The research strengths and limitations, consequences for practice and avenues for future research are presented.