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Nine key principles to guide youth mental health: development of service models in N ew S outh W ales
Author(s) -
Howe Deborah,
Batchelor Samantha,
Coates Dominiek,
Cashman Emma
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
early intervention in psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.087
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1751-7893
pISSN - 1751-7885
DOI - 10.1111/eip.12096
Subject(s) - mental health , stakeholder , service (business) , key (lock) , nursing , psychology , medicine , public relations , medical education , gerontology , political science , business , computer science , psychiatry , marketing , computer security
Aims Historically, the Australian health system has failed to meet the needs of young people with mental health problems and mental illness. In 2006, N ew S outh W ales ( NSW ) Health allocated considerable funds to the reform agenda of mental health services in NSW to address this inadequacy. C hildren and Y oung P eople's M ental H ealth ( CYPMH ), a service that provides mental health care for young people aged 12–24 years, with moderate to severe mental health problems, was chosen to establish a prototype Youth Mental Health ( YMH ) Service Model for NSW . This paper describes nine key principles developed by CYPMH to guide the development of YMH Service Models in NSW . Methods A literature review, numerous stakeholder consultations and consideration of clinical best practice were utilized to inform the development of the key principles. Results Subsequent to their development, the nine key principles were formally endorsed by the M ental H ealth P rogram C ouncil to ensure consistency and monitor the progress of YMH services across NSW . As a result, between 2008 and 2012 YMH Services across NSW regularly reported on their activities against each of the nine key principles demonstrating how each principle was addressed within their service. Conclusions The nine key principles provide mental health services a framework for how to reorient services to accommodate YMH and provide a high‐quality model of care. [Corrections added on 29 November 2013, after first online publication: The last two sentences of the Results section have been replaced with "As a result, between 2008 and 2012 YMH Services across NSW regularly reported on their activities against each of the nine key principles demonstrating how each principle was addressed within their service."]