The author reports on Brighton and Hove's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service which emphasises collaboration and teamwork to find positive outcomes for looked-after children in a short timeframe. Professionals at the looked-after children clinic meet monthly to discuss cases and collaborative strategies.
The author reports on Brighton and Hove's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service which emphasises collaboration and teamwork to find positive outcomes for looked-after children in a short timeframe. Professionals at the looked-after children clinic meet monthly to discuss cases and collaborative strategies.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, looked after children, mental health problems, teamwork, child and adolescent mental health services;
Children and Young People Now, 7.11.07, 2007, pp.24-25.
Publisher:
Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
The Mental Health Act 2007 places a new duty on primary care trusts to ensure that children and young people with mental health problems are treated in age appropriate facilities and no longer placed on adult wards. This article looks at how this new duty is being implemented, highlighting early intervention and interagency working as key to the success of services.
The Mental Health Act 2007 places a new duty on primary care trusts to ensure that children and young people with mental health problems are treated in age appropriate facilities and no longer placed on adult wards. This article looks at how this new duty is being implemented, highlighting early intervention and interagency working as key to the success of services.
Subject terms:
hospitals, mental health problems, treatment, therapy and treatment, young people, child and adolescent mental health services, children, early intervention;