title: Brief intervention: a promising framework for child and youth mental health?
abstract: There is a discrepancy between the demand for mental health treatment amongst children, young people and their carers, and the capacity of the current service system to provide evidence based interventions. Innovative models of care are required to redress this discrepancy. One such model is the single session model, which provides a single or small number of solution focused sessions targeting one or two identified problems. Single session interventions have been trialled across a range of presenting concerns including child and youth mental health services. This paper provides a rationale for offering a brief focused intervention as part of a broader Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and introduces a model of how brief intervention fits within a broader system of care.
authors.affiliation: Deakin University, School of Psychology, Eastern Health Child and Youth Mental Health Service, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Vic 3125, Australia, donna.gee@deakin.edu.au.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gee
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mildred
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brann
authors.forename: Mandy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D055815:Young Adult