ArticleInternational journal of mental health systems2018
What are "good outcomes" for adolescents in public mental health settings?
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- Ethnic differences in treatment outcome for children and young people accessing mental health support.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- What treatment outcomes matter most? A Q-study of outcome priority profiles among youth with lived experience of depression.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
- Monitoring and Measurement in Child and Adolescent Mental Health: It's about More than Just Symptoms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Chronic pain and masculine identity: life-world interviews with men at a South African Pain Clinic.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2021Article
- Barriers and Facilitators in Adolescent Psychotherapy Initiated by Adults-Experiences That Differentiate Adolescents' Trajectories Through Mental Health Care.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Moving Toward Connectedness - A Qualitative Study of Recovery Processes for People With Borderline Personality Disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn line with the evidence-based paradigm, routine outcome monitoring and clinical feedback systems are now being recommended and implemented in youth mental health services. However, what constitutes a good outcome for young service users is not fully understood. In order to successfully monitor outcomes that are clinically and personally relevant for the service user that are to benefit from these systems, we need to gain more knowledge of what young service users value as meaningful outcomes of youth mental health services.
aimTo contribute knowledge into what constitutes "good outcomes" from the experiences of adolescent service users in public mental health systems.
methodsA qualitative in-depth study of the experiences and reflections from 22 adolescents aged 14-19 years, currently or recently being in public mental health services. The data material was analyzed using a systematic step-wise consensual qualitative research framework for team-based analysis.
resultsAn overarching theme of outcome as having developed a stronger autonomy and safer identity emerged from the analysis, with the subsequent five constituent themes, named from the words of the adolescent clients: (1) I've discovered and given names to my emotions, (2) I've started to become the person that I truly am, (3) I've dared to open up and feel connected to others, (4) I've started saying yes where I used to say no, and, (5) I've learned how to cope with challenges in life.
conclusion"Good outcomes" in youth mental health services should be understood as recovery oriented, sensitive to developmental phases, and based on the personal goals and values of each adolescent client.
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