... and adolescents, the barriers preventing help-seeking and the role of mental health support services in Irish schools. Research limitations/implications One limitation in this study was that a wider variety in sample could have yielded a more in-depth volume of results. Furthermore, the study by semi...

... and social media platforms and were validated by a Q-methodology research group, the research supervisors and an online group of individuals with BPD. Q-sorts were then used to explore the viewpoints of 27 mental health professionals in the UK working with children and adolescents. Analysis of the data...

...Aurélie Schandrin; Delphine Capdevielle; Jean-Philippe Boulenger; Monique Batlaj-Lovichi; Frédérick Russet; Diane Purper-Ouakil Purpose Adolescents and young adults’ mental health problems are an important health issue. However, the current organisation of the care pathway is not robust enough...

... for Clinical Excellence (NICE), 2011) can understandably make many professionals in children’s services other than specialist child and adolescent mental health (referred to as universal from this point), anxious to intervene. This relates to professional fears of making things worse or of acting outside...