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Why are so many more adolescents presenting to our emergency departments with mental health problems?
Author(s) -
Sawyer Susan M,
Patton George C
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja18.00213
Subject(s) - george (robot) , mental health , library science , sociology , psychology , art , art history , psychiatry , computer science
Centre for Adolescent Health, Ro susan.sawyer@rch.org.au j doi ustralia has in recent decades made major investments in Amental health care; government expenditure has risen rapidly, the availability of psychological therapies has expanded, antidepressant use has increased, and the size of the mental health workforce has grown. There has also been a major focus on adolescents with the national rollout of Headspace centres and early psychosis programs. Data in two articles in this issue of the Journal, describing trends in mental health crisis presentations by adolescents to emergency departments in Australia’s two most populous states, provide an important test of the success of these investments.