Strengthening care for children with complex mental health conditions: Views of Australian clinicians.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Improving mental health outcomes for children and young people has become a priority for policy makers in the developed world. In Australia, up to half of all children and adolescents meeting criteria for mental health disorders receive suboptimal levels of treatment (or no treatment at all) despite the availability of effective treatments. Children with complex mental health conditions are particularly at risk of inadequate treatment as optimal care requires coordination from medical, educational and social services. In Australia, clinicians including pediatricians, psychologists and child and adolescent psychiatrists deliver the bulk of mental health care for children with complex mental health conditions. We aimed to determine perspectives of these Australian clinicia

SUBMITTER: Paton K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6445417 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature