Demographic, clinical, and service-use characteristics related to the clinician's recommendation to transition from child to adult mental health services.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The service configuration with distinct child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and adult mental health services (AMHS) may be a barrier to continuity of care. Because of a lack of transition policy, CAMHS clinicians have to decide whether and when a young person should transition to AMHS. This study describes which characteristics are associated with the clinicians' advice to continue treatment at AMHS.

Methods

Demographic, family, clinical, treatment, and service-use characteristics of the MILESTONE cohort of 763 young people from 39 CAMHS in Europe were assessed using multi-informant and standardized assessment tools. Logistic mixed models were fitted to assess the relationship between these characteristics and clinicians' transition recommendations.

SUBMITTER: Gerritsen SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9042957 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature