Physical health interventions on adolescent mental health inpatient units: A systematic review and call to action.
Rebekah CarneyShermin ImranHeather LawJoseph FirthSophie ParkerPublished in: Early intervention in psychiatry (2020)
Although preliminary results suggest lifestyle interventions may be feasible and beneficial for this group, more work is needed to fully understand the best way to implement these interventions within adolescent clinical settings. Adolescent inpatients are an important target for such interventions, affording the opportunity to prevent the onset of physical comorbidities.