Opening the door: inviting youth and parent perspectives on youth mental health emergency department use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Canadian Emergency Departments (EDs) have seen increasing use by children and youth for mental health concerns in recent years. This trend is likely a result of several complex factors, and researcher-posed potential explanations include gaps or access problems in primary care or mental health services, increasing prevalence or awareness of mental disorders and fear of potentially harmful outcomes, or expectations of need for urgent specialist care. Youth, parent, or caregiver perceptions and reasons for increasing mental health ED use may differ, and to date have been underrepresented in informing research directions. We sought to engage with youth and parents or caregivers served by a Canadian tertiary paediatric health centre to: 1) inform research directions for an e

SUBMITTER: Campbell LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7251901 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature