The Young Adult Mental Health Project, backed by the Community Fund, aims to improve mental health provision for 16- to 25-year-olds. Young people in this age group often find themselves falling between child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and adult mental health services.
Dinah Morley, acting director of YoungMinds, said the three-year scheme would tackle this gap: "This is a vulnerable age for young people with mental health problems. It is at this point that their care transfers to adult services, and it's often where a service gap opens up."
YoungMinds will begin by researching the services currently provided before producing guidelines for local commissioners of services. The charity will then work with local providers to improve services.
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