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A Characterisation of Tier 2 Services in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Author(s) -
Salmond Claire Helen,
Jim Jenny
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
child and adolescent mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1475-3588
pISSN - 1475-357X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2007.00440.x
Subject(s) - tier 2 network , mental health , government (linguistics) , intervention (counseling) , tier 1 network , service (business) , health services , business , psychology , nursing , medicine , environmental health , psychiatry , computer science , telecommunications , marketing , world wide web , linguistics , philosophy , the internet , population
UK government initiatives have proposed changes in the provision of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) within the NHS. In response to this, tier 2 services have been created to provide early assessment and intervention and improved access. This study investigated whether these services met the aims compared to traditional generic tier 3 services, using data from a national mapping exercise. The results were consistent with the tier 2 services providing early assessment and intervention and enhanced accessibility of the services compared to tier 3. The implications of these results in relation to service development are discussed.