From Adult Lunatic Asylums to CAMHS Community Care: the Evolution of Specialist Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents 1948-2018

The creation of a specific child and adolescent mental health service within the NHS was influenced by a number of factors including changes in adult mental health policies, the evolution of society’s attitudes towards children and parenting, and a greater biological and psychological understanding...

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Published in:	Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
Main Author:	Susan Barrett
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2019-08-01
Subjects:	young people NHS CAMHS mental health history of medicine
Online Access:	https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/4138

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