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ArticleThe Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry2025

Matching needs to services: Development of a service needs index for determining care pathways in youth mental health.

William Capon, Mathew Varidel, Ian B Hickie, Jacob J Crouse, Sebastian Rosenberg, Gina Dimitroupoulos, Haley M LaMonica, Elizabeth M Scott, Frank Iorfino

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William CaponBrain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6500-9629
Mathew VaridelBrain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1648-8317
Ian B HickieBrain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8832-9895
Jacob J CrouseBrain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3805-2936
Sebastian RosenbergBrain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Gina DimitroupoulosMathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Haley M LaMonicaBrain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Elizabeth M ScottBrain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Frank IorfinoBrain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1109-0972

Funding

Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) ScholarshipBill and Patricia Richie FoundationMedical Research Future Fund Applied Artificial Intelligence in Health Care grant MRFAI000097NHMRC EL1 Investigator Grant GNT2018157NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellowship 2008197NHMRC Research Fellowship 511921
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Abstract

objectiveTo develop a Service Needs Index that measures a young person's needs across domains relevant to care provision and to examine the index's construction under different assumptions.

methodsA cohort of young people (

resultsThe Clinical, Psychosocial, and Comorbidity Indices were derived using standardised questionnaires to assess mental health symptoms and history, work and social functioning, and physical health and substance use, respectively. The expert input weighting scheme was favoured with less output uncertainty. Among those with the top 25% of Clinical Index scores, almost half also belonged in the group with the top 25% of Psychosocial Index scores, while 11.9% of the total sample were in the bottom 25% percentiles for both Clinical and Psychosocial Index scores.

conclusionThese indices should be assessed in real-world settings before recommendations are made about their feasibility and acceptability; however, the indices could differentiate between needs to guide individual-level decision-making about service pathways for young people. Furthermore, population-level analyses of these aggregated indices can inform strategic decisions related to service planning and design.

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Adolescent Health ServicesHealth Services Needs and DemandMental DisordersMental Health ServicesNeeds AssessmentAdolescentAdultAustraliaChildComorbidityFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adultcomplexitydigital technologiesneedstransdiagnostic assessmentYouth mental health

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PMCPMC12397553

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