Table 5 Themes identified within each key priority area
Areas of service provision | Key priorities for local CAMHS redesign | Themes identified |
|---|---|---|
Prevention and promotion of MH and wellbeing | School based prevention | Evaluation of school-based prevention programmes Development of school-based prevention programmes |
Suicide prevention | Evaluation of school-based suicide prevention programs Evaluation of community-based suicide prevention programs Development and description of suicide prevention programs | |
Education and raising awareness | Evaluation of school MH education/awareness/anti-stigma programs Assessment of MH literacy Assessment of attitudes towards MH problems | |
Screening and identification | School based identification | Development of school-based identification programmes Evaluation of school-based mental health identification programmes |
Screening in healthcare settings | Outcomes of MH screening in healthcare settings MH screening in healthcare setting and subsequent referral/use of MH services Parental attitudes towards MH screening in healthcare settings MH professionals’ attitudes towards MH screening in healthcare settings | |
Screening tools | Development and psychometric properties of screening measures Feasibility/ acceptability/ utility of screening measures | |
Access to CAMHS | Barriers for access and referral | Organizational and administrative barriers for access to CAMHS Users’ and healthcare professionals’ perspectives on barriers to seeking help/ access to CAMHS/ treatment engagement Demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with seeking help/ access to CAMHS/ treatment engagement |
Wait times and improving access | Interventions to reduce wait times and/ or improve access to CAMHS Improving access through providing MH services in schools/primary care settings Impact of wait times on attendance/ treatment engagement Service/ patient factors associated with wait times | |
Provision of CAMHS | Service delivery models | Interagency collaboration Coordination of care School-based MH services |
Integrated/comprehensive services | Evaluation of an integrated care model | |
Technology enabled MH interventions | Evaluation of technology enabled MH interventions Attitudes towards technology enabled MH interventions Development and description of technology enabled MH interventions | |
Service evaluation and improvement | Service redesign and implementation | Implementation of services Diffusion of innovations Service improvement/redesign |
User experience/satisfaction | Service users’ experience of CAMHS Service users’ satisfaction with CAMHS Development and psychometric properties of users satisfaction with services measures | |
Outcome monitoring | Routine outcome monitoring Service outcomes Development and psychometric properties of outcome measures | |
Quality indicators | Development and psychometric properties of quality measures Quality assessment Development of quality standards |