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Author(s) -
Howe E.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0447.106.s413.1_115.x
Subject(s) - mental health , triage , psychiatry , excellence , multidisciplinary approach , psychosis , multidisciplinary team , psychology , medicine , nursing , social science , sociology , political science , law
In November 1997 a new, world first model of service delivery to young people suffering from psychiatric disorders was implemented, the Youth Access Team (YAT). YAT is the only youth orientated crisis team that specifically targets first presentation psychosis as well as adolescents in psychiatric crisis, and also provides an after hours triage service for children under 12. YAT is a multidisciplinary mobile crisis, assessment and treatment team, operating 24 h a day, 7 days a week. YAT provides excellence in care to young people experiencing initial mental health problems. The principal goal of YAT is secondary prevention in first episode psychosis, with the dual aims of attenuating the period of untreated psychosis and reducing the secondary morbidity associated with becoming engaged with psychiatric services. Other important goals of YAT are early detection and engagement in treatment with a client‐centred focus.