Predictors of contact with services for mental health problems among children with comorbid long-term physical health conditions: a follow-up study.

ABSTRACT: Children with long-term physical health conditions (pLTCs) are at increased risk of developing mental health comorbidities, although most do not access services for their mental health. No previous studies have examined the determinants of contact with services for mental health concerns among this group of children. This 3-year longitudinal study involved a population-based sample of children aged 5-16 years from the British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Surveys conducted in 1999 and 2004. In children with comorbid pLTCs and mental health disorders at baseline (N = 397), we examined associations between several child-, family- and service-related factors and (a) contact with primary health care, (b) contact with paediatrics and (c) contact with child and adolescent mental health serv

SUBMITTER: Panagi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807016 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature