What makes mental health and substance use services youth friendly? A scoping review of literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are increasing calls to make mental health and substance use services youth friendly, with hopes of improving service uptake, engagement and satisfaction. However, youth-friendliness in this area has not been clearly defined and there is a lack of information about the characteristics that make such services youth friendly. The purpose of this scoping review was to examine the literature available on youth-friendly mental health and substance use services in order to identify the characteristics, outline the expected impacts, and establish a definition.

Methods

A scoping review of seven databases and grey literature sources was conducted. Twenty-eight documents were retained as relevant to the research questions. Relevant data from these documents was extrac

SUBMITTER: Hawke LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6486969 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature