Patterns of health service use for children with mental disorders in an Australian state population cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The rate of mental health services provided to children and young people is increasing worldwide, including in Australia. The aim of this study was to describe patterns of hospital and ambulatory mental health service use among a large population cohort of adolescents followed from birth, with consideration of variation by age, sex and diagnosis.

Methods

Characteristics of services provided for children with mental disorder diagnoses between birth and age 17.5 years were ascertained for a population cohort of 85,642 children (52.0% male) born between 2002 and 2005, from 'Admitted Patients', 'Emergency Department' and 'Mental Health Ambulatory' records provided by the New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory Health Departments.

Results

A total of 11,

SUBMITTER: Watkeys OJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11440792 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature