Trial reportPsychological medicine2023
Effect of managed transition on mental health outcomes for young people at the child-adult mental health service boundary: a randomised clinical trial.
Trial report in Psychological medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03013595 (The Effectiveness of Managed Transition in Improving the Health and Social Outcomes for Young People Transitioning From Child to Adult Mental Health Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effectiveness of Managed Transition in Improving the Health and Social Outcomes for Young People Transitioning From Child to Adult Mental Health Care: the MILESTONE Study
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- European Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP) practical guidance for clinicians and mental health services regarding child to adult mental health service transitions and managed discharge at the service boundary.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Guideline
- The effect of managed transition on the proportion of young people transitioning from CAMHS to AMHS: Analysis of the Milestone Cluster Randomised Clinical Trial.Psychological medicine · 2026Trial
- Mental health trajectories of adolescents treated with psychotropic medications: insights from the european milestone study.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Trial
- Dismantling structural inequities in global prevention of childhood and adolescent non-communicable diseases.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- Transitions from child to adult mental health care: the evidence-base for ESCAP guidance for clinicians.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- [ADHS in transition: how can continuity in treatment succeed?]Der Nervenarzt · 2026Review
- Facilitating transition between adolescent and adult psychiatry: patient and parent experiences from a jointly run ward for 16-25-year-olds in Germany.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Co-producing an inclusive-care model for young people transitioning from adolescent eating disorder services to adult care: A qualitative study protocol for Transition for Eating Disorder Youth intervention.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Transition from an adolescent to an adult eating disorder treatment centre: A qualitative investigation of the experience of inpatients with anorexia nervosa and their carers using interpretative phenomenological analysis.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Transitions for youth and young adults with eating disorders and/or other mental health conditions: a Canadian guideline.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
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- 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
- [Transitional psychiatric needs and identity development of adolescents in Tyrol].Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2024Article
- Transitioning to adult mental health services for young people with ADHD: an Italian-based survey on practices for pediatric and adult services.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2023Article
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- Dimensional model on how familial vulnerability and environmental factors impact transitional age youth psychopathology: TheFrontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Characterization of multilevel influences of mental health care transitions: a comparative case study analysis.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Commentary: State of transitional care for emerging adults - reflections on Anderson et al.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPoor transition planning contributes to discontinuity of care at the child-adult mental health service boundary (SB), adversely affecting mental health outcomes in young people (YP). The aim of the study was to determine whether managed transition (MT) improves mental health outcomes of YP reaching the child/adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) boundary compared with usual care (UC).
methodsA two-arm cluster-randomised trial (ISRCTN83240263 and NCT03013595) with clusters allocated 1:2 between MT and UC. Recruitment took place in 40 CAMHS (eight European countries) between October 2015 and December 2016. Eligible participants were CAMHS service users who were receiving treatment or had a diagnosed mental disorder, had an IQ ⩾ 70 and were within 1 year of reaching the SB. MT was a multi-component intervention that included CAMHS training, systematic identification of YP approaching SB, a structured assessment (Transition Readiness and Appropriateness Measure) and sharing of information between CAMHS and adult mental health services. The primary outcome was HoNOSCA (Health of the Nation Outcome Scale for Children and Adolescents) score 15-months post-entry to the trial.
resultsThe mean difference in HoNOSCA scores between the MT and UC arms at 15 months was -1.11 points (95% confidence interval -2.07 to -0.14,
conclusionsMT led to improved mental health of YP after the SB but the magnitude of the effect was small. The intervention can be implemented at low cost and form part of planned and purposeful transitional care.
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