title: Effectiveness of Health System Services and Programs for Youth to Adult Transitions in Mental Health Care: A Systematic Review of Academic Literature.
abstract: Youth shifting to adult mental health services often report experiencing frustrations with accessing care that adequately replaces the youth services they had received. This systematic review assesses the peer reviewed evidence on services/programs aimed at addressing youth to adult transitions in mental health services. Findings suggest little data exists on the effectiveness of transition services/programs. While the available evidence supports meetings between youth and youth caseworkers prior to transitions occurring, it also verifies that this is not common practice. Other identified barriers to effective transitions were categorized as logistical (ineffective system communication), organizational (negative incentives), and related to clinical governance.
authors.affiliation: Health Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. embretmg@mcmaster.ca.|Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, CRL Building, 282, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada. embretmg@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Mark G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Embrett
authors.affiliation: Health Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. randalg@mcmaster.ca.|Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, CRL Building, 282, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada. randalg@mcmaster.ca.|Health Policy and Management, DeGroote School of Business, McMasterUniversity, Hamilton, ON, Canada. randalg@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Glen E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Randall
authors.affiliation: Health Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. cjlongo@mcmaster.ca.|Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, CRL Building, 282, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada. cjlongo@mcmaster.ca.|Health Policy and Management, DeGroote School of Business, McMasterUniversity, Hamilton, ON, Canada. cjlongo@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Rehabilitation Science and CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. nguyetd3@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Tram
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Health Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. mulvale@mcmaster.ca.|Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, CRL Building, 282, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada. mulvale@mcmaster.ca.|Health Policy and Management, DeGroote School of Business, McMasterUniversity, Hamilton, ON, Canada. mulvale@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mulvale
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D000328:Adult; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D060305:Transition to Adult Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Continuity of care; Program evaluation; Transition planning; Transition services; Transition to adulthood