Community paediatricians' experience of joint working with child and adolescent mental health services: findings from a British national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Children and young people (CYP) presenting to paediatric or child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) often have needs spanning medical and psychiatric diagnoses. However, joint working between paediatrics and CAMHS remains limited. We surveyed community paediatricians in the UK to inform better strategies to improve joint working with CAMHS.

Methods

We conducted an online survey of community paediatricians through the British Association for Community Child Health (BACCH) on how much joint working they experienced with CAMHS, any hindrances to more collaborative working, and the impact on service users and service provision. This paper is based on thematic analysis of 327 free-text comments by paediatricians.

Results

A total of 245 community paed

SUBMITTER: Ani C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020286 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature