Authors Joanna Smith, Richard Kyle, Brigid Daniel and Gill Hubbard
Published by Child and Adolescent Mental Health, February 2017
Report Patterns of Referral and Waiting Times for Specialist CAMHS
SUMMARY
Up to half of mental health disorders in adults begin before the age of 14, according to the World Health Organisation. During a six-month period in 2013, around 6,462 children and young people were referred to Child and Adult Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Scotland. A quarter of these referrals - 1,608 - were rejected. Researchers at the University of Stirling and Edinburgh Napier University set out to examine whether children and young people have access to timely and appropriate mental health services to address their immediate needs as well as preventing long-term problems in adulthood.
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