@article{c9f8061090aa4fbd9ba5a4c7c4e11d88,
title = "Accelerating youth mental health services research",
abstract = "Objective: We describe a research program to advance youth mental health service research in Australia, addressing two core knowledge gaps: the lack of available routine outcome measures and lack of understanding of how to assess and monitor complexity and heterogeneity in illness presentation and trajectory. Conclusions: Our research identifies better routine outcome measures (ROM) that are: designed specifically for the developmental nuances of the 12–25-year age range; multidimensional; and meaningful to young people, their carers, and service providers. Alongside much-needed new measures of complexity and heterogeneity, these tools will inform service providers to better meet the needs of young people presenting with mental health problems.",
keywords = "Australia, health care, mental health services, outcome assessment, Youth mental health",
author = "Cotton, {Sue M.} and Filia, {Kate M.} and Hamilton, {Matthew P.} and Gao, {Caroline X.} and Menssink, {Jana M.} and Nic Telford and Patrick McGorry and Debra Rickwood",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by Partnership Grants APP1076940 and APP1198696 from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). This was a joint project between Orygen, the University of Melbourne, and headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation. Prof Cotton was supported by a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (APP1136344). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2023.",
year = "2023",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1177/10398562231167691",
language = "English",
volume = "31",
pages = "292--294",
journal = "Australasian Psychiatry",
issn = "1039-8562",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Ltd",
number = "3",
}
