Adult psychiatric outcomes of young people who attended child and adolescent mental health services: a longitudinal total population study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an unprecedented societal focus on young people's mental health, including efforts to expand access to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). There has, however, been a lack of research to date to investigate adult mental health outcomes of young people who attend CAMHS.

Methods

We linked Finland's healthcare registries for all individuals born between 1987 and 1992. We investigated mental disorder diagnoses recorded in specialist adult mental health services (AMHS) and both inpatient and outpatient service use by age 29 (December 31, 2016) for former CAMHS patients.

Results

Before the end of their 20s, more than half (52.4%, n = 21,183) of all CAMHS patients had gone on to attend AMHS. The most prevalent recorded adult psychia

SUBMITTER: Healy C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12017351 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature