Abstract
Dear Sir,
Treasure and Schmidt’s reply to our article on lifespan eating disorder (ED) services reinforces the concerns about discontinuities in care during the transition from child and adolescent (CAMHS) to adult (AMHS) mental health services. These discontinuities occur during the peak age of onset for EDs, which is the period of greatest acuity with the highest hospitalisation rates and community service use. This is also the time when youth can most benefit from early intervention during the first stages of an ED.
We proposed that adult ED services should ‘reach down’ to early adolescence, in order to provide continuity of care across the lifespan, an approach tested in South Australia...
Treasure and Schmidt’s reply to our article on lifespan eating disorder (ED) services reinforces the concerns about discontinuities in care during the transition from child and adolescent (CAMHS) to adult (AMHS) mental health services. These discontinuities occur during the peak age of onset for EDs, which is the period of greatest acuity with the highest hospitalisation rates and community service use. This is also the time when youth can most benefit from early intervention during the first stages of an ED.
We proposed that adult ED services should ‘reach down’ to early adolescence, in order to provide continuity of care across the lifespan, an approach tested in South Australia...
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 274 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Australasian Psychiatry |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 12 Dec 2021 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2022 |
Keywords
- eating disorders
- health care delivery
- discontinuity
