Devaney, John;
Power, Luke;
Jacobs, Paula;
Davidson, Gavin;
Hiller, Rachel;
Martin, Joanna;
McCartan, Claire;
... Thapar, Anita; + view all
(2023)
An agenda for future research regarding the mental health of young people with care experience.
Child & Family Social Work
10.1111/cfs.13015.
(In press).
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Abstract
Young people who are currently or were previously in state care have consistently been found to have much higher rates of mental health and neurodevelopmental difficulties than the general youth population. While a number of high-quality reviews highlight what research has been undertaken in relation to the mental health of young people with care experience and the gaps in our knowledge and understanding, there is, until now, no consensus, so far as we aware, as to where our collective research efforts should be directed with this important group. Through a series of UK wide workshops, we undertook a consultative process to identify an agreed research agenda between those with lived experience of being in care (n = 15), practitioners, policy makers and researchers (n = 59), for future research regarding the mental health of young people with care experience, including those who are neurodiverse/have a neurodevelopmental difficulty. This consensus statement identified 21 foci within four broad categories: how we conceptualize mental health; under-studied populations; under-studied topics; and underused methodologies. We hope that those who commission, fund and undertake research will engage in this discussion about the future agenda for research regarding the mental health of young people with care experience.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | An agenda for future research regarding the mental health of young people with care experience |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cfs.13015 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13015 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Authors. Child & Family Social Work published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Family Studies, Social Work, care experience, children, mental health, neurodiversity, out-of-home care, young people, CHILDREN |
| 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 |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10167103 |
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