A qualitative study exploring youth's experiences of hospital- and integrated community-based mental health services: the YouthCan IMPACT initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Approximately 20% of Canadian youth (12-25 years) experience mental health and substance use (MHSU) concerns, with the majority not receiving timely evidence-informed care. The YouthCan IMPACT study was a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (pRCT) of an integrated youth services model. The pRCT compared integrated collaborative care teams (the intervention) to youth outpatient hospital psychiatric services (the treatment as usual control). We embedded a qualitative study within the pRCT to explore youth's perceptions and experiences of the intervention and the control services.

Methods

Youth participants (14-17 years) were recruited to the study within an ongoing pRCT from hospitals. Youth were purposively sampled from the broader pRCT sample based on sex assign

SUBMITTER: Quinlan-Davidson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12613439 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature