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Outcomes of young people who reach the transition boundary of child and adolescent mental health services: a systematic review.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Young People Transitioning From Child and Adolescent to Adult Mental Health Services: A Qualitative Systematic Review.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Perspectives of young people who access support for mental health in primary care: a systematic review of their experiences and needs.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2022Pooled it
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- Effect of managed transition on mental health outcomes for young people at the child-adult mental health service boundary: a randomised clinical trial.Psychological medicine · 2023Trial
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- Transitions from child to adult mental health care: the evidence-base for ESCAP guidance for clinicians.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Pre-existing anxiety and mood disorders and multisystem outcomes in young adults with chronic kidney disease.Clinical kidney journal · 2026Article
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- Evaluation of the mental health transition navigation model in child and adolescent mental health settings: findings from a pre-post, mixed-methods study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- A qualitative investigation of young people's experiences and views of Early Support Hubs across England.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Fragmentation in adolescent health care provision.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- Exploring the barriers and facilitators of discharging children and young people from child and adolescent mental health services.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2025Article
- Co-producing a transition model of care for eating disorders: lessons learned from a multi-perspective qualitative study with young people, carers and mental health professionals.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The importance of genetic counselling for turner syndrome transition.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Review
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- Enabling good transition processes from child to adult medical care: a study protocol.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
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Abstract
When young people reach the upper age limit of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), care should be transferred to an adult mental health service (AMHS) if they require ongoing support. However, many young people experience a significant disruption of their care during this transition, whilst others may fail to transition at all. Currently, there is no systematic appraisal of the international evidence regarding the outcomes of young people after transition. A systematic review was conducted which aimed to synthesise and review the existing research regarding outcomes after transition. We searched six databases from their inception until December 2017 for research relating to either the mental health or service use outcomes of young people after reaching their CAMHS age boundary. Results were synthesised narratively. The initial searches identified 18,287 papers, of which 213 were screened on full text. 13 papers were included in the review, representing 10 cohorts of young people who crossed the transition age boundary. No studies contained extractable data on mental health outcomes following transition, and therefore, this review focused only on service use outcomes. Results showed a quarter of young people transitioned to AMHS, with the other young people experiencing varied outcomes after leaving CAMHS and multiple transitions during this time. This review provides evidence for the varying service use outcomes of young people after reaching the upper age limit of CAMHS. However, longitudinal research into long-term outcomes is lacking, in addition to research regarding the mental health and functioning outcomes of young people following transition.Protocol registration The protocol for this systematic review has been registered with PROSPERO, ID number CRD42018085916.
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