Pathways to mental health services for young people: a systematic review

ConclusionsExcept in psychosis, youths ’ pathways to mental healthcare remain understudied. Pathways to care research may need to be reconceptualised to account for the often transient and overlapping nature of youth mental health presentations, and the possibility that what constitutes optimal care may vary. Despite these complexities , additional research, using standardized methodology, can yield a greater understanding of the help-seeking behaviours of youths and those acting on their behalf; service responses to help-seeking; and the determinants of pathways. This understanding is critical to inform ongoing initatives to tran sform youth mental healthcare.
Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research