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. 2005 Sep;10(3):133-139.
doi: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2005.00357.x.

Routine Outcome Measurement: A Survey of UK Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Craig Johnston  1 , Simon Gowers  1
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Routine Outcome Measurement: A Survey of UK Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Craig Johnston et al. Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2005 Sep.

Abstract

Research suggests that the routine measurement of treatment outcomes is a neglected area of clinical practice within mental health care settings. Still it is not clear to what extent such findings apply to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). A cross-sectional survey of UK CAMHS revealed that although quantitative clinical measures are commonly used within these services, there is little uniformity in the instruments utilised, and they rarely inform a system of routine outcome measurement. However, in general, respondents did not have a philosophical or scientific objection to the practice of routinely measuring outcomes, but rather felt that they lacked the necessary resources to facilitate such initiatives.

Keywords: Routine outcome measurement; child and adolescent mental health services.

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