Interventions to reduce wait times for adolescents seeking mental health services: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The demand for adolescent mental health services has increased significantly in recent years, leading to excessive wait times for adolescents seeking mental health services and poor mental health outcomes. Timely access to mental health services is critical to reducing the risk of symptom chronicity and progression to mental disorder. A better understanding of whether and how interventions to reduce wait times impact mental health outcomes is needed to guide mental health policymakers and service planners in their approach to reducing wait times.

Methods and analysis

The scoping review will use Arksey and O'Malley's six-stage framework for scoping reviews and Rayyan to support screening, data extraction and evidence synthesis. The review will be conducted in acc

SUBMITTER: McLaughlin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10496663 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature