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Child and adolescent mental health services: an operational handbook
- Editors:
- RICHARDSON Greg, PARTRIDGE Ian
- Publisher:
- Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 214p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a crucial time for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). They have to integrate with all the other current children’s initiatives and develop in line with the Children’s National Service Framework to ensure the mental health needs of all children are met. The book explains in operational terms how services can be delivered in ways in which children, families and other agencies can understand, that are as local to the child and family as possible, that are helpful to educational, social, voluntary and other partner agencies and that allow clear commissioning processes. The operation of each of the four tiers of service provision is clearly described with specific examples at each tier.
Service innovations: second opinions in child and adolescent psychiatry
- Authors:
- RICHARDSON Greg, COTTERELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 27(1), January 2003, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
This research seeks to devise a protocol, reflecting best practice, for obtaining second opinions in child and adolescent psychiatry through discussion with consultants in child and adolescent psychiatry within the Yorkshire region at their quarterly meetings. The major pressure for second opinions falls upon the Academic Unit of Child and Adolescent Mental Health and on the in-patient units. Other consultants who are considered to have specialist expertise in certain areas may also receive referrals for second opinions. Both consultants requesting and offering second opinions considered a protocol for obtaining them would be helpful to their practice. An agreed protocol between consultants in child and adolescent psychiatry within a region ensures that young people with complex problems have access to second opinions on their diagnosis and management by consultants who can be recommended to referrers by other consultants. The network of consultants ensures such opinions are not requested excessively and that 'rogue' opinions without therapeutic follow-up are avoided.