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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the UK: Nurse Consultants
Author(s) -
McDougall Tim
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2005.00011.x
Subject(s) - mental health , modernization theory , nursing , statutory law , social welfare , welfare , economic justice , face (sociological concept) , medicine , public relations , psychology , political science , sociology , psychiatry , social science , law
TOPIC: Children's mental health services in the UK are transforming. Innovations in health, social welfare, education, and youth justice agencies have all got emotional literacy at their core. The changing face of children's services has called for partnerships and new ways of planning and delivering services in statutory and voluntary sectors. Alongside this, nursing is evolving and developing new ways to meet the challenges that modernization brings. Nurse consultants are children's champions who have a leading role in helping lead children's services into the 21st century.PURPOSE: The following article explores the role of nurse consultants in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).