Transition from child to adult mental health services: needs, barriers, experiences and new models of care

Mental health services use among adults with or without mental disorders: Do development stages matter?

“…Studies have shown that past positive experiences of MHS is one of the main facilitators of help seeking (Gulliver, Griffiths, & Christensen, 2010). While individuals who were treated in Child and Adolescent Mental Healthcare often do not transition into adult services at the age of 18 years because they are perceiving that adult services do not meet their needs or they are not ready for the autonomy that is required in adult care (Singh & Tuomainen, 2015), some of them may seek help later in life, based both on their positive childhood/adolescent experiences of healthcare and on their feeling that adult services are now more adapted to their current reality.…”

Response to Allison et al., ‘The National Mental Health Commission Report: Evidence based or ideologically driven?’

“…Headspace welcomes initial access, the State services are forced to restrict it. Second, the structure of most State services is still the traditional child and adolescent mental health services/adult mental health services (CAMHS/AMHS) model with its dividing line at 18, which is hugely problematic for young people and families (Singh and Tuomainen, 2015) and doesn't align well with the 12-25 approach of headspace which receives uniformly positive feedback from patients and families.…”

Review: Transition from children's to adult services: a review of guidelines and protocols for young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in England

“…Several studies, government documents and policy guidelines highlight the difficulty for young people who require a transition between children's services (usually Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) or Paediatrics) and adult services (Singh, Paul, Ford, Kramer, & Weaver, ). Transition should support a young person towards and onto a new life stage, extending beyond the simple transfer of clinical responsibility (Beresford, ); a successful transition has been described as being coordinated, purposeful, planned and patient centred (Singh & Tuomainen, ).…”