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Eight Months to Eight Weeks Reducing Waiting Times in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

Eight Months to Eight Weeks Reducing Waiting Times in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Case Study Eight Months to Eight Weeks: Reducing Waiting Times in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Ann York Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust Yvonne Anderson Service Development Adviser HASCAS Morris Zwi Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust Introduction describe an opt-in, brief three-session problem- Many child and adolescent mental health services solving, empowerment approach developed in their (CAMHS) struggle with increasing demands, long CAMHS. Average initial HoNOSCA scores were 9.23 waiting lists and keeping waiting times for first (range: three to 25). The majority of families were appointments to within government guidelines. An satisfied with the service they received and both they audit of 7,000 successive new referrals to CAMHS and their clinicians indicated an improvement in found that the average number of attendances was symptoms at the end of contact. 4.52 and only 11% of families were still in treatment at Goldberg and Campbell (1997) also describe a six months. Eighty-five per cent of families attended three-session approach developed in their community six sessions or fewer and 32% were only seen once adolescent service. They use techniques from (Hoare et al, 1996). solution-focused therapy, brief http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mental Health Review Journal Emerald Publishing

Eight Months to Eight Weeks Reducing Waiting Times in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

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Case Study Eight Months to Eight Weeks: Reducing Waiting Times in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Ann York Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust Yvonne Anderson Service Development Adviser HASCAS Morris Zwi Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust Introduction describe an opt-in, brief three-session problem- Many child and adolescent mental health services solving, empowerment approach developed in their (CAMHS) struggle with increasing demands, long CAMHS. Average initial HoNOSCA scores were 9.23 waiting lists and keeping waiting times for first (range: three to 25). The majority of families were appointments to within government guidelines. An satisfied with the service they received and both they audit of 7,000 successive new referrals to CAMHS and their clinicians indicated an improvement in found that the average number of attendances was symptoms at the end of contact. 4.52 and only 11% of families were still in treatment at Goldberg and Campbell (1997) also describe a six months. Eighty-five per cent of families attended three-session approach developed in their community six sessions or fewer and 32% were only seen once adolescent service. They use techniques from (Hoare et al, 1996). solution-focused therapy, brief

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Mental Health Review Journal – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jun 1, 2004

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