Evaluating the CYP-IAPT transformation of child and adolescent mental health services in Cambridgeshire, UK: a qualitative implementation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP-IAPT) programme was introduced to transform Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across England. The programme comprised a set of principles that local CAMHS partnerships were expected to operationalise and embed with the aim of increasing access to services and improving the quality of care. This study explored how the implementation of the CYP-IAPT programme was executed and experienced by CAMHS professionals in the county of Cambridgeshire (UK), and the extent to which the CYP-IAPT principles were perceived to be successfully embedded into everyday practice.

Methods

We analysed 275 documents relating to the CYP-IAPT programme issued between 2011 and 2015. We also con

SUBMITTER: Burn AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7556968 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature