Identifying core components and indicators of successful transitions from child to adult mental health services: a scoping review

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 107-121

  Cleverley, Kristin ^a   Rowland, Emily ^b   Bennett, Kathryn ^c   Jeffs, Lianne ^b,d   Gore, Dana ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental health; Scoping review; Transition; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85054717612     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-018-1213-1     Document Type: Review

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