Snakes and Ladders: The experience of being referred to and seen by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

• Main Authors: Kristina L. Newman (Author), Kapil Sayal (Author), Colleen Ewart (Author), Alexandra Lang (Author), Anupam Bhardwaj (Author), Bernadka Dubicka (Author), Tamsin Marshall (Author), Louise Thomson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Referral processes in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) have been reported as stressful and inadequate by young people and parents/carers, who struggle during waiting periods for the referral outcome decision. The Covid19 pandemic was an unprecedented time of distress f...