CAMH-Crisis2:Mental health crisis care for children and young peopleV1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Crisis care for children and young people with mental health problems: national mapping, models of delivery, sustainability and experience (CAMH-Crisis2)
IRAS ID
324235
Contact name
Ben Hannigan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Cardiff University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
researchregistry8660, Study registration on Research Registry
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 4 months, 31 days
Research summary
Recent years have seen a sharp increase in mental health problems experienced by children and young people, with concerns that young people's mental health has been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. The number of under-18s requiring urgent and emergency mental health support has risen by nearly 20% since 2019, and more information is needed to understand the extent and nature of crisis service provision.
In this application we are seeking approval for work package 2 of a 30-month project exploring mental health crisis services available to children and young people up to the age of 25 in England and Wales. Building on work package 1, which mapped existing crisis services across England and Wales (and which was approved by the Cardiff University School of Healthcare Sciences Research Ethics Committee), work package 2 will identify eight contrasting crisis services and evaluate how they are organised, perceived and integrated within their local care systems. Treating each service as a case study, interviews will be conducted with children, young people and family members who have used the service as well as with managers and staff who commission and deliver the service, and who work in other parts of the local system. Analysis will focus on understanding how each crisis service is organised, provided, experienced and sustained.
Work package 3 will compare and contrast the eight case studies and assess what has been learned in the project as a whole, setting this in the context of what is already known about crisis care as reported in the underpinning evidence synthesis. Clear, actionable, lessons for the future provision of high-quality crisis services will be drawn.
REC name
South West - Cornwall & Plymouth Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/SW/0063
Date of REC Opinion
22 May 2023
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion