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Vyas, N. S. , Birchwood, M. J. and Singh, Swaran P. (2015) Youth services : meeting the mental health needs of adolescents. Irish Journal of Psychology, 32 (1). pp. 13-19. doi:10.1017/ipm.2014.73 ISSN 0303-3910.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2014.73
Abstract
Objectives Youth mental health services are poised for a paradigm shift. Recent epidemiological evidence confirms the seriousness of adolescence as a risk period for mental ill-health - 50% of all adult mental disorders begin before the age of 16% and 75% before the age of 25. Here, we identify issues with transition of care between CAMHS-AMHS service, and effectiveness of early intervention services.
Methods We provide a selective review providing evidence of adolescence as a risk period, discuss CAMHS-AMHS service transition problems, and discuss avenues for change to implement the early intervention model across youth mental health.
Results Traditional service structures,with paediatric -adult split at 16–18 years increasingly appear not fit for purpose. A radical redesign of youth mental health services is not only necessary, it is also feasible and achievable, as illustrated by a pilot Birmingham youth service – Youthspace.
Conclusions Pilot youth mental projects currently underway can help radically redesign the existing child and adolescent services. This will in turn lead to an improvement in the young people's experience of engagement with the services so that they too have a positive future.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Youth -- Mental health services, Child mental health services, Child psychopathology, Depression in children -- Research, Depression in adolescence -- Research, Borderline personality disorder in adolescence, Schizophrenia in adolescence | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Irish Journal of Psychology | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | Psychological Society of Ireland | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 0303-3910 | ||||||||||||
Official Date: | March 2015 | ||||||||||||
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Volume: | 32 | ||||||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 13-19 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/ipm.2014.73 | ||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||||
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