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. 2009 May;14(5):315-8.
doi: 10.1093/pch/14.5.315.

Child and youth mental health: Integrated health care using contemporary competency-based teams

Stan Kutcher  1 , Simon Davidson, Ian Manion
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Child and youth mental health: Integrated health care using contemporary competency-based teams

Stan Kutcher et al. Paediatr Child Health. 2009 May.

Abstract
in English, French

Mental health teams have long been the foundation for mental health services provided to children and youth. Changes in professional practices, the emergence of evidence-based care, the importance of integrating mental health into primary health care delivery, the decrease in professional 'ownership' of mental health care competencies and other factors now challenge the traditional structure and function of these teams. New and novel frameworks will be needed to address mental health care needs for problems that do not require 'traditional' mental health service interventions, to enable integration of mental health care into usual health services, to promote specialist mental health care delivery for those in need, and to facilitate the development and translation of mental health research into practice. In all of these new team structures, the active participation of young people and their families will be necessary.

Les équipes de santé mentale ont longtemps constitué la base des services de santé mentale dispensés aux enfants et aux adolescents. Des modifications aux pratiques professionnelles, l’émergence de soins probants, l’importance d’intégrer la santé mentale à la prestation des soins primaires, la diminution de « l’appropriation » professionnelle des compétences de soins en santé mentale et d’autres facteurs remettent en question les structures et fonctions traditionnelles de ces équipes. Il faudra établir des cadres nouveaux et novateurs pour répondre aux besoins de santé mentale en cas de troubles qui n’exigent pas d’interventions liées aux services de santé mentale classiques, pour intégrer les soins de santé mentale aux services de santé habituels, pour promouvoir la prestation de soins de santé mentale spécialisés à ceux qui en ont besoin et pour favoriser le développement et le transfert des recherches en santé mentale dans la pratique. Dans toutes ces nouvelles structures d’équipes, il faudra compter sur la participation active des jeunes et de leur famille.

Keywords: Child; Integrated health care; Mental health; Multidisciplinary teams; Youth.

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