Journal article
Strengthening care for children with complex mental health conditions: Views of Australian clinicians
K Paton, H Hiscock
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2019
Abstract
Objectives Improving mental health outcomes for children and young people has become a priority for policy makers in the developed world. In Australia, up to half of all children and adolescents meeting criteria for mental health disorders receive suboptimal levels of treatment (or no treatment at all) despite the availability of effective treatments. Children with complex mental health conditions are particularly at risk of inadequate treatment as optimal care requires coordination from medical, educational and social services. In Australia, clinicians including pediatricians, psychologists and child and adolescent psychiatrists deliver the bulk of mental health care for children with compl..
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Awarded by Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Funding Acknowledgements
This research project was completed as part of the European Commission Horizon 2020 Framework project: Models of Child Health Appraised (MOCHA). The project's study design and conduct, data collection, management, analysis and interpretation were funded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) European Union Collaborative Research Grant No. 1101321. HH is supported by NHMRC Clinician Fellowship Award 1136222. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute administered the grants and provided infrastructural support to its staff but played no role in the conduct or analysis of the research. The Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program support research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.