Alternatives to mental health admissions for children and adolescents experiencing mental health crises: A systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT: Background: Many children and young people (CYP) presenting with mental health crises are admitted to hospital due to concerns around illness severity and risk. Whilst inpatient admissions have an important role for such children, there are a number of burdens associated with them, and safe avoidance of admissions is favourable. We systematically reviewed the literature for studies of interventions reported as alternatives to a hospital admission in CYP presenting with mental health crises, in any inpatient setting. Methods: Three databases (PsychInfo, PubMed and Web of Science) were searched for peer-reviewed papers in October 2020, with an updated search in May 2021. Results: We identified 19 papers of interventions delivered in the emergency department, the home, ou

SUBMITTER: Clisu DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811329 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature