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ToolsHickling, Lauren M., Dabrowski, Julia and Williams, Sadie (2024) Expanding the early intervention offer: A new care pathway for children’s wellbeing practitioners in a south London child and adolescent mental health service. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 29 (1). pp. 155-167. ISSN 1359-1045
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Abstract
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) have been under recent increased demand, with increasingly limited resources, contributing to longer waiting lists, and a growing proportion of rejected referrals due to limited capacity and increasing thresholds. Child and Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs) provide an opportunity to meet the needs of rejected referrals. We aimed to determine the feasibility of a new and direct referral route within a South London CAMHS. All referrals rejected to the local CAMHS in one year were assessed for inclusion to an embedded child and youth wellbeing in schools team (CYWS), and data collected on reasons for rejection, demographics and eligibility for the CYWS team. Of the 1,322 referrals made to CAMHS in this period, 317 were rejected. The most common reason for referral rejection was not meeting the severity threshold. One third of rejected referrals were judged to be eligible for inclusion to the CYWS team. Therefore, a significant number of children and young people (CYP) being rejected by CAMHS would be eligible for assessment and possible treatment under the CYWS team, making a new referral route potentially feasible, allowing more CYP to access mental health support and have a positive impact on waiting times.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | child and adolescent mental health services,adolescent mental health,child mental health,mental health services,referral pathways,service development project,psychiatry and mental health,clinical psychology,pediatrics, perinatology, and child health,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2738 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Mar 2025 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2025 09:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/98662 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/13591045231201195 |
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