Debate: Feeling understood in a fake world – the place of inpatient mental health units in the care of children and adolescents

TY - JOUR

T1 - Debate

T2 - Feeling understood in a fake world – the place of inpatient mental health units in the care of children and adolescents

AU - Kyriakopoulos, Marinos

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - Inpatient units are a significant element of mental healthcare for children and adolescents with the most severe and challenging clinical presentations. Inpatient input has been associated with substantive and sustained health gains across a range of diagnoses and cannot be fully replaced by intensive community treatment options. The potential benefits and risks associated with an admission should be carefully weighed in all referred individuals and may differ depending on several parameters including the type of unit and aims of admission. Although every effort should be made for admissions to be as efficient and short as possible, access to inpatient care and its extent should continue to be determined by clinical need.

AB - Inpatient units are a significant element of mental healthcare for children and adolescents with the most severe and challenging clinical presentations. Inpatient input has been associated with substantive and sustained health gains across a range of diagnoses and cannot be fully replaced by intensive community treatment options. The potential benefits and risks associated with an admission should be carefully weighed in all referred individuals and may differ depending on several parameters including the type of unit and aims of admission. Although every effort should be made for admissions to be as efficient and short as possible, access to inpatient care and its extent should continue to be determined by clinical need.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103198149&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/camh.12464

DO - 10.1111/camh.12464

M3 - Comment/debate

AN - SCOPUS:85103198149

SN - 1475-357X

JO - Child and Adolescent Mental Health

JF - Child and Adolescent Mental Health

ER -