Bridging the Gap: What Paediatric Clinicians Want from Liaison Psychiatry Services

Abstract

Mental health problems affect 10-20% of children and adolescents worldwide and contribute substantially to disability across childhood and adolescence. Reflecting this increasing burden within acute hospital settings, recent cohort data from England demonstrates that 11.7% of paediatric admissions to acute medical wards are primarily attributable to mental health conditions, with admissions for eating disorders increasing over 500% between 2012 and 2022...