The partner paper detailing the evidence review will be published soon - watch this space! Thanks to all my collaborators and brilliant MILESTONE study colleagues for making this an enjoyable project to work on. 3/3
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We conducted a thorough evidence synthesis, involved young people and a parent with lived experience and consulted clinicians in 10 European countries to help make sure these recommendations are useful to young people and clinical staff 2/3
Very happy to see our guidelines for improving transition between child and adult mental health services published, after a huge amount of work by the team! link.springer.com/article/10.1... 1/3
Great to see our @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social evaluation of Early Support Hubs referenced in this statement from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announcing continuation of funding for the 24 Hubs involved: www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2026...
We found potentially promising approaches to improve the early access, experience and outcomes of care. However, we found a lack of robust controlled studies and a need to identify which approaches work for which CYP. Watch this space for further papers which might help to fill these gaps!
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Lovely news for a Monday morning - our systematic review on approaches to early intervention in common mental health problems has been published. This is the first in our large programme of work in the @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social on early intervention in youth mental health: rdcu.be/eRvcB
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A poll identifying the extent of mental health support needed for young people in Britain was commissioned by the UCL Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing, led by Professors Essi Viding (UCL PALS) and Argyris Stringaris (UCL Psychiatry).
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Good news to see in my inbox on a Monday morning - a new paper published with one of our brilliant @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social MSc students journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... exploring the barriers faced by CAMHS clinicians when discharging CYP from their services