Implementation of Trauma-specific Interventions in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

IACAPAP Textbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Section A INTRODUCTION TO CHILD & ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH

A focused ethnography of a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: factors relevant to the implementation of a depression trial

BACKGROUND Prior to commencing a randomised controlled trial, we conducted a focused ethnography to ensure that the trial was well suited to the proposed setting. METHODS A six-month observation of a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service site in the North-East of England was undertaken to observe the site procedures, staff culture and patient care pathways. During this period, documentar...

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Background: During the last decade, pharmaceutical spending for patients with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been escalating internationally. Objectives: First, to estimate future trends of ADHD-related drug expenditures from the perspectives of the statutory health insurance (SHI; Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung, GKV) in Germany and the National Health Service (NHS) in Eng...

School mental health resources and adolescent mental health service use.

OBJECTIVE Although schools are identified as critical for detecting youth mental disorders, little is known about whether the number of mental health providers and types of resources that they offer influence student mental health service use. Such information could inform the development and allocation of appropriate school-based resources to increase service use. This article examines associa...

Building a learning organisation in a child and adolescent mental health service.

In recent business literature, the model of the learning organisation has been proposed as a solution to the problem of continually changing environments and increasing consumer expectations of maximum quality and value for money. The model seems highly appropriate for health services, which are staffed by educated professional staff who must become more adaptive and concerned with improving co...