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ReviewBJPsych open2024

Evidence-based brief interventions targeting acute mental health presentations for children and adolescents: systematic review.

Valsamma Eapen, Brigitte Gerstl, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, James Rufus John, Patrick Hawker, Thomas P Nguyen, Febe Brice, Teresa Winata, Michael Bowden

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Review in BJPsych open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Valsamma EapenAcademic Unit of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatry Services (AUCS), South Western Sydney Local Health District and Ingham Institute, Australia; and Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6296-8306
Brigitte GerstlAcademic Unit of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatry Services (AUCS), South Western Sydney Local Health District and Ingham Institute, Australia; and Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1848-056X
Bright Opoku AhinkorahAcademic Unit of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatry Services (AUCS), South Western Sydney Local Health District and Ingham Institute, Australia; Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Australia; and School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
James Rufus JohnAcademic Unit of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatry Services (AUCS), South Western Sydney Local Health District and Ingham Institute, Australia; and Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Australia.
Patrick HawkerDiscipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Australia.
Thomas P NguyenAcademic Unit of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatry Services (AUCS), South Western Sydney Local Health District and Ingham Institute, Australia; Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Australia; and Mental Health Team, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-4461
Febe BriceAcademic Unit of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatry Services (AUCS), South Western Sydney Local Health District and Ingham Institute, Australia.
Teresa WinataAcademic Unit of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatry Services (AUCS), South Western Sydney Local Health District and Ingham Institute, Australia; Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Australia; and Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (ICAMHS), South Western Sydney Local Health District, Australia.
Michael BowdenChild and Youth Mental Health, New South Wales Ministry of Health, Australia; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia; and Department of Psychological Medicine, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Australia.
South Western Sydney Local Health District · AUSydney Local Health District · AUIngham Institute · AUSydney Children’s Hospitals Network · AUUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBrief intervention services provide rapid, mobile and flexible short-term delivery of interventions to resolve mental health crises. These interventions may provide an alternative pathway to the emergency department or in-patient psychiatric services for children and young people (CYP), presenting with an acute mental health condition.

aimsTo synthesise evidence on the effectiveness of brief interventions in improving mental health outcomes for CYP (0-17 years) presenting with an acute mental health condition.

methodA systematic literature search was conducted, and the studies' methodological quality was assessed. Five databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles between January 2000 and September 2022.

resultsWe synthesised 30 articles on the effectiveness of brief interventions in the form of (a) crisis intervention, (b) integrated services, (c) group therapies, (d) individualised therapy, (e) parent-child dyadic therapy, (f) general services, (g) pharmacotherapy, (h) assessment services, (i) safety and risk planning and (j) in-hospital treatment, to improve outcomes for CYP with an acute mental health condition. Among included studies, one study was rated as providing a high level of evidence based on the National Health and Medical Research Council levels of evidence hierarchy scale, which was a crisis intervention showing a reduction in length of stay and return emergency department visits. Other studies, of moderate-quality evidence, described multimodal brief interventions that suggested beneficial effects.

conclusionsThis review provides evidence to substantiate the benefits of brief interventions, in different settings, to reduce the burden of in-patient hospital and readmission rates to the emergency department.

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brief interventionchild and adolescent mental health servicescrisis interventionearly interventionMental health services

Identifiers

PMID38602192
PMCPMC11060074
OpenAlexW4394718809

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