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"I'm tired of being pulled from pillar to post": A qualitative analysis of barriers to mental health care for trauma-exposed young people.

Carli EllinghausKatie TrussJocelyn Liao SilingLisa J PhillipsOliver EastwoodCarmen MedranoSarah Bendall
Published in: Early intervention in psychiatry (2020)
Trauma-exposed young people appear to experience multiple barriers to mental health care, whereby interactions between structural and relational barriers determine ongoing engagement. Service-wide reform including trauma-informed mental health training for practitioners is urgently needed to improve access to care and engagement for this vulnerable group.
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