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Laurence Baldwin

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PubMed2005

Multidisciplinary post-registered education in child and adolescent mental health services.

This article describes a study conducted in England as part of the preparation work for the Children's Taskforce, looking at the training needs of specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) staff, and of primary care staff who work with children and young people. A survey of existing service provision and of training opportunities was conducted, and as a result a series of recommendations for future training needs within CAMHS are made. It includes the needs of the developing role of Primary Mental Health Workers (PMHWs) within this area in their crucial link position between primary and secondary services. The study is multi-disciplinary in nature, given that all CAMHS teams are provided by multi-professional workers. Since this work was undertaken the workforce development plans for future CAMHS have progressed under the Children's Taskforce, with the National Service Framework for Children being published in October 2004.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2002

The nursing role in out-patient child and adolescent mental health services.

Whilst nurses in the UK have been working in out-patient settings in the speciality of child, adolescent and family psychiatry for nearly 20 years, they are frequently unclear about what is their nursing contribution to the multidisciplinary team. This paper reports a qualitative study of perceptions of the nursing role in child and adolescent mental health teams of 11 clinicians from six different clinics. Whilst other disciplines were each able to define what was unique about their role, there was found to be no consensus as to what nurses brought by virtue of their nursing background. There is a risk that if nurses cannot develop a clearer rationale for their role, or be better able to articulate what they do in these teams, that role might be lost.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2002

Keep taking the tablets? Evidence-based approaches to AD(H)D. Part 2: Audit and changing practice.

The audit cycle was used to look at our practice in the light of new developments in the literature and the new evidence available to us. Using this new information we were able to refine our practice, set new standards and measure our practice against these new standards. This new information allowed us to further develop new ways of making our assessment and to implement this into our practice. We still need to continue the audit cycle by revisting the process, and auditing other parts of our service to children and young people diagnosed as having Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder.

Adolescent↗