Measuring outcomes within inpatient child and adolescent mental health services: an evaluation of the Recovery Questionnaire for Young People.

The ReQuest-YP demonstrated clinical utility as a measure of subjective recovery in inpatient child and adolescent mental health services. Refinement of some of the questions along with further evaluation of the measure in this population is recommended. Key Practitioner Message The ReQuest-YP offers a potential tool for exploring, assessing and evaluating subjective or personal recovery for young people in inpatient units. The measure is potentially reliable, valid and acceptable to service users, and so clinicians may wish to consider use in these settings. There is indication that the questionnaire is also sensitive to change in an inpatient admission context, although further work is needed.