Nine key principles to guide youth mental health: Development of service models in New South Wales

Howe, D; Batchelor, S; Coates, D; Cashman, E

Nine key principles to guide youth mental health: Development of service models in New South Wales

Howe, D Batchelor, S Coates, D

Cashman, E

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Citation:: Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2014, 8 (2), pp. 190 - 197
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Howe, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Batchelor, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Coates, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4463-7615	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cashman, E	en_US
dc.date.available	2013-09-22	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2014, 8 (2), pp. 190 - 197	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1751-7885	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/128904
dc.description.abstract	Aims: Historically, the Australian health system has failed to meet the needs of young people with mental health problems and mental illness. In 2006, New South Wales (NSW) Health allocated considerable funds to the reform agenda of mental health services in NSW to address this inadequacy. Children and Young People's Mental Health (CYPMH), a service that provides mental health care for young people aged 12-24 years, with moderate to severe mental health problems, was chosen to establish a prototype Youth Mental Health (YMH) Service Model for NSW. This paper describes nine key principles developed by CYPMH to guide the development of YMH Service Models in NSW. Methods: A literature review, numerous stakeholder consultations and consideration of clinical best practice were utilized to inform the development of the key principles. Results: Subsequent to their development, the nine key principles were formally endorsed by the Mental Health Program Council to ensure consistency and monitor the progress of YMH services across NSW. As a result, between 2008 and 2012 YMH Services across NSW regularly reported on their activities against each of the nine key principles demonstrating how each principle was addressed within their service. Conclusions: The nine key principles provide mental health services a framework for how to reorient services to accommodate YMH and provide a high-quality model of care. [Corrections added on 29 November 2013, after first online publication: The last two sentences of the Results section have been replaced with "As a result, between 2008 and 2012 YMH Services across NSW regularly reported on their activities against each of the nine key principles demonstrating how each principle was addressed within their service."] © 2013 Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Early Intervention in Psychiatry	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/eip.12096	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Psychiatry	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Mental Health Services	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent Health Services	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	New South Wales	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Young Adult	en_US
dc.title	Nine key principles to guide youth mental health: Development of service models in New South Wales	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	8	en_US
utslib.for	1103 Clinical Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	1701 Psychology	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Midwifery
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	8	en_US

Abstract:

Aims: Historically, the Australian health system has failed to meet the needs of young people with mental health problems and mental illness. In 2006, New South Wales (NSW) Health allocated considerable funds to the reform agenda of mental health services in NSW to address this inadequacy. Children and Young People's Mental Health (CYPMH), a service that provides mental health care for young people aged 12-24 years, with moderate to severe mental health problems, was chosen to establish a prototype Youth Mental Health (YMH) Service Model for NSW. This paper describes nine key principles developed by CYPMH to guide the development of YMH Service Models in NSW. Methods: A literature review, numerous stakeholder consultations and consideration of clinical best practice were utilized to inform the development of the key principles. Results: Subsequent to their development, the nine key principles were formally endorsed by the Mental Health Program Council to ensure consistency and monitor the progress of YMH services across NSW. As a result, between 2008 and 2012 YMH Services across NSW regularly reported on their activities against each of the nine key principles demonstrating how each principle was addressed within their service. Conclusions: The nine key principles provide mental health services a framework for how to reorient services to accommodate YMH and provide a high-quality model of care. [Corrections added on 29 November 2013, after first online publication: The last two sentences of the Results section have been replaced with "As a result, between 2008 and 2012 YMH Services across NSW regularly reported on their activities against each of the nine key principles demonstrating how each principle was addressed within their service."] © 2013 Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.

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