title: Mental health planning for children and youth: is it developmentally appropriate?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We aim to provide an overview of current issues facing child and adolescent mental health services and the provision of developmentally informed and appropriate care.
  
  
  METHODS
  We review developmental models of mental disorder and the impact on service design.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Developmental issues can shape service design.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mental health services need to be informed and responsive to changing developmental needs and of the context of child development in terms of family and attachment relationships. Children and adolescents have specific needs in terms of service design.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC Australia.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Birleson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D006285:Health Planning; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055815:Young Adult