ABSTRACT

Among individuals with mental illness, transition-age youth (TAY; age 16–25) have the lowest rate of treatment-seeking and the highest rate of premature exiting from treatment, at the exact time when their needs for mental health supports are greatest. This qualitative study provides insight into the perspectives of adult and child service clinicians regarding their perceived barriers and facilitators to reducing disengagement during the transition from child to adult mental health care. While child and adult clinicians agreed on many key barriers, they often disagreed on influencing factors. Child and adult clinicians had greater agreement among facilitators, particularly the need to provide greater service array flexibility during this transition.

摘要

在患有精神疾病的个体中，处于过渡期的青年（TAY； 16-25岁）在需要最大程度的精神卫生支持的确切时间，其寻求治疗的比率最低，而过早退出治疗的比率最高。这项定性研究提供了关于成人和儿童服务临床医生关于他们从儿童向成人精神卫生保健过渡期间所认识到的障碍和促进减少脱离接触的促进因素的观点的见解。儿童和成人临床医生在许多主要障碍上达成了共识，但他们通常在影响因素上意见不一致。儿童和成人临床医生在主持人之间达成了更大的共识，尤其是在此过渡期间需要提供更大的服务范围灵活性。