Trends in annual and lifetime prevalence of child and adolescent mental health service use in the UK between 1991 and 2023: Welsh healthcare register linkage study
The number of the young people in contact with CAMHS has increased dramatically over the past 15 years, from 1 in 17 young people who turned 18 in 2009 to 1 in 5 young people who turned 18 in 2023.
Authors
- Helen Minnis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945)
- Fiona McNicholas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9428-6908)
- Prathiba Chitsabesan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0968-3472)
- Anita Thapar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3689-737X)
- Kirstie O’Hare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1166-9792)
- Ian Kelleher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1484-651X)
- Tamsin Jane Ford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5295-4904)
- Ann Mary John (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5657-6995)
- Louise Gallagher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9915-0516)
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Mental Health Services (DK)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin (IE)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Swansea University (GB)
- Public Health Wales (GB)
- Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health (CA)
- St John of God Hospital (AU)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- Cardiff University (GB)
- University of Oulu (FI)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10480
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82
Funders
- Public Health Wales
- University College London
- University of Glasgow
- Cardiff University
- Swansea University
- University College Dublin
- Trinity College Dublin
- University of New South Wales
- University of Toronto
- Hospital for Sick Children
- Oulun Yliopisto
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto