The role of mental health symptomology and quality of life in predicting referrals to special child and adolescent mental health services
Abstract Background Children and adolescents’ mental health problems have been largely assessed with conventional symptom scales, for example, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) given that it is one of the mostly widely used measures in specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Servi...
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| author | Yeosun Yoon Jessica Deighton Alice Wickersham Julian Edbrooke-Childs David Osborn Essi Viding Johnny Downs |
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| description | Abstract Background Children and adolescents’ mental health problems have been largely assessed with conventional symptom scales, for example, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) given that it is one of the mostly widely used measures in specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). However, this emphasis on symptom scales might have missed some important features of the mental health challenges that children and young people experience including day to day functioning and life satisfaction aspect (i.e. qualify of life). Method The study examined longitudinal association between a young person’s self-perceptions of quality of life and mental health difficulties and referral to specialist CAMHS service using a population cohort study (Targeted Mental Health in Schools service data) nested within a large-scale linkage between school (National Pupil Data base) and child mental health service administrative data (South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust children and adolescent mental health services health records). Cox proportional hazard regression to estimate crude and adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for the association between participant psychopathology, and incidence of CAMHS referral. Results Pupils experiencing more behavioural difficulties, had an increased incidence of CAMHS referral (adjusted hazard ratio 1.1, 95% confidence interval 1.0–1.2). However, pupils who reported higher health related quality of life had a lower incidence of CAMHS referral over the follow-up period (adjusted hazard hario 0.94, 95% confidence interval 0.9–0.98). Conclusion Children and young people’s perception of their quality of life should be considered at the stages of a clinical needs assessment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e2566ed792242b1961d95b6bc6b80022022-12-21T22:52:13ZengBMCBMC Psychiatry1471-244X2021-07-012111810.1186/s12888-021-03364-2The role of mental health symptomology and quality of life in predicting referrals to special child and adolescent mental health servicesYeosun Yoon0Jessica Deighton1Alice Wickersham2Julian Edbrooke-Childs3David Osborn4Essi Viding5Johnny Downs6EBPU (Evidence Based Practice Unit), UCL and Anna Freud CentreEBPU (Evidence Based Practice Unit), UCL and Anna Freud CentreDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College LondonEBPU (Evidence Based Practice Unit), UCL and Anna Freud CentreDivision of Psychiatry, University College LondonPsychology and Language Sciences, University College LondonDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London; and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation TrustAbstract Background Children and adolescents’ mental health problems have been largely assessed with conventional symptom scales, for example, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) given that it is one of the mostly widely used measures in specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). However, this emphasis on symptom scales might have missed some important features of the mental health challenges that children and young people experience including day to day functioning and life satisfaction aspect (i.e. qualify of life). Method The study examined longitudinal association between a young person’s self-perceptions of quality of life and mental health difficulties and referral to specialist CAMHS service using a population cohort study (Targeted Mental Health in Schools service data) nested within a large-scale linkage between school (National Pupil Data base) and child mental health service administrative data (South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust children and adolescent mental health services health records). Cox proportional hazard regression to estimate crude and adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for the association between participant psychopathology, and incidence of CAMHS referral. Results Pupils experiencing more behavioural difficulties, had an increased incidence of CAMHS referral (adjusted hazard ratio 1.1, 95% confidence interval 1.0–1.2). However, pupils who reported higher health related quality of life had a lower incidence of CAMHS referral over the follow-up period (adjusted hazard hario 0.94, 95% confidence interval 0.9–0.98). Conclusion Children and young people’s perception of their quality of life should be considered at the stages of a clinical needs assessment.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03364-2Data linkageCAMHS referralQuality of lifeMental health symptoms |
| spellingShingle | Yeosun Yoon Jessica Deighton Alice Wickersham Julian Edbrooke-Childs David Osborn Essi Viding Johnny Downs The role of mental health symptomology and quality of life in predicting referrals to special child and adolescent mental health services BMC Psychiatry Data linkage CAMHS referral Quality of life Mental health symptoms |
| title | The role of mental health symptomology and quality of life in predicting referrals to special child and adolescent mental health services |
| title_full | The role of mental health symptomology and quality of life in predicting referrals to special child and adolescent mental health services |
| title_fullStr | The role of mental health symptomology and quality of life in predicting referrals to special child and adolescent mental health services |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of mental health symptomology and quality of life in predicting referrals to special child and adolescent mental health services |
| title_short | The role of mental health symptomology and quality of life in predicting referrals to special child and adolescent mental health services |
| title_sort | role of mental health symptomology and quality of life in predicting referrals to special child and adolescent mental health services |
| topic | Data linkage CAMHS referral Quality of life Mental health symptoms |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03364-2 |
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