3. Integrated Care in Youth Mental Health

Research Summary

The government and NHS have made a commitment to reform mental health services for young people. The transition between youth and adult secondary mental health services is a recognised problem that we have tackled in previous work; however, we cannot rely purely on secondary mental health services to solve problems in mental health for two reasons.

First, the incidence of mental health problems among young people is rising faster than secondary mental health services can accommodate.

Second, the majority of severe mental health problems begin in adolescence and, if treated late, tend to recur throughout life.

Objectives

Short-term:

Develop and evaluate interventions to identify mental health problems swiftly, treat them effectively, and contain them in the community, thus allowing secondary (specialist) youth services to focus on complex care and on education.

Longer-term:

Develop an integrated model of mental health care and prevention for young people across primary care, schools and social services to meet the aspirations of the government’s ‘Five Year Forward View’ and the needs of West Midlands’ youthful population – Birmingham is the ‘Youngest city in Europe’.

Theme Lead

Professor Domenico Giacco

Domenico.Giacco@warwick.ac.uk

University of Warwick

Updates

Behavioural and emotional outcomes in individuals with neuro-developmental disorders

April 25, 2023

Leads: Dr Hayley Crawford (Youth Mental Health), Dr Jo Moss (University of Surrey), Dr Caroline Richards (University of Birmingham), Dr Jane Waite (Aston University) The

Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Access To and Experience of Mental Health Care of People from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Groups (ARIADNE)

April 25, 2023

Leads: Dr Domenico Giacco, Prof Swaran Singh, Prof Paramjit Gill (Youth Mental Health), Prof Graeme Currie, Dr Gareth Owen (Organisational Science), Prof Robin Miller (Social

A clinical checklist of causes of poor behavioural outcomes in children with moderate-profound intellectual disability and complex needs

April 25, 2023

Leads: Hayley Crawford, Theme 3 Dates: 01/10/2021 – 30/09/2024 Background: Children with moderate-profound intellectual disability (ID) and complex needs are at high risk for poor behavioural outcomes.