Transitions in mental health and addiction care for youth and their families: a scoping review of needs, barriers, and facilitators.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Transitional-aged youth (TAY) with mental health and/or addictions (MHA) concerns and their families experience significant challenges finding, accessing, and transitioning through needed MHA care. To develop appropriate supports that assist TAY and their families in navigating MHA care, their experiences of transitions in the MHA care system must be better understood. This scoping review identifies and explores the needs, barriers, and facilitators for TAY and their families when transitioning through MHA care.

Methods

This scoping review commenced with a search of five relevant databases. Three research team members were involved in title, abstract, and full-text scanning and data extraction. Sources focusing on TAY anywhere between the ages of 12-29 years and

SUBMITTER: Markoulakis R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10171912 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature