UCL Discovery
UCL home » Library Services » Electronic resources » UCL Discovery

A qualitative exploration of attitudes towards the use of outcome measures in child and adolescent mental health services

Sharples, E; Qin, C; Goveas, V; Gondek, D; Deighton, J; Wolpert, M; Edbrooke-Childs, J; (2017) A qualitative exploration of attitudes towards the use of outcome measures in child and adolescent mental health services. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 22 (2) pp. 219-228. 10.1177/1359104516652929. Green open access

[thumbnail of Wolpert_Final submitted Attitudes to outcome measures.pdf]
Preview
Text
Wolpert_Final submitted Attitudes to outcome measures.pdf

Download (273kB) | Preview

Abstract

The aim of the present research was to explore clinician attitudes to outcome measures and, in particular, the facilitators and barriers to implementing outcome measures. An up-to-date exploration of clinician attitudes is especially needed in the context of recent policies on the implementation of outcome measures in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), and because evidence suggests that there is a disparity between policy recommendations and the use of outcome measures in clinical practice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine CAMHS clinicians from a Mental Health Trust in South London. Two levels of implementation emerged from the analysis: (1) the service level, regarding the implementation of outcome measures across a service to inform service improvement and (2) the session level, regarding the implementation of outcome measures within individual clinical sessions. The present research described training and ongoing support as a crucial facilitator of use at both service and session levels. This included help overcoming local contextual barriers, such as resources, information systems and administrative processes. The research showed that a balance is needed between a mandatory and uniform approach across a service and providing clinicians with support to use outcome measures with all service users for whom they are appropriate.

Type: Article
Title: A qualitative exploration of attitudes towards the use of outcome measures in child and adolescent mental health services
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/1359104516652929
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104516652929
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © The Author(s) 2016.
Keywords: CAMHS, Mental health, child and adolescent, outcome measures, qualitative
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1502294
Downloads since deposit
741Downloads
Download activity - last month
Download activity - last 12 months
Downloads by country - last 12 months

Archive Staff Only

View Item View Item