ArticleBJPsych bulletin2026
Inequity in treatment access for child mental health services in England: analysis of administrative national data for 2021-2022.
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- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Treatment in Adolescence and Subsequent Risk of Nonaffective Psychosis: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Implementation of digital mental health interventions for children and adolescents: A systematic review.Internet interventions · 2026Review
- A qualitative investigation of young people's experiences and views of Early Support Hubs across England.PloS one · 2026Article
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Abstract
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methodAn equitable child mental health service provides access to treatment proportionally to the need of individual demographic groups. Despite qualitative and survey-based evidence of barriers disadvantaging some demographic groups, it is not well understood how these barriers translate into quantifiable inequities. We calculated the treatment access rate for English children aged 6-16 years in 2021-2022, using the patient-level Mental Health Services Data Set and Mental Health of Children and Young People Survey.
resultsThe number of primary school children in treatment needs to increase nationally by 173%, the number of boys by 65% and the number of children from a White ethnic background by 31%, to achieve equity in treatment access. There was no evidence of inequities by area deprivation. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Child mental health services in England should not only increase overall access rates, but also pay more attention to equity in access across different demographic groups.
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