Rajeev Jairam

Clinicians' Perspectives and Experiences of Barriers, Enablers and Implementation of a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Crisis Service: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Safeguards Team Program

BACKGROUND: Presentations of children and young people (CYP) to Emergency Departments (ED) for acute mental health (MH) issues have increased globally and in Australia. The Safeguards Teams Program (STP) was implemented to provide acute, rapid response, recovery-focused, trauma-i...

Innovation in Acute Adolescent Mental Healthcare: Evaluating a Responsive and Sustainable Mental Healthcare Model

Background and objectives: Despite substantial global burden of mental illnesses, there remains limited evidence evaluating the effectiveness of inpatient Models of Care (MOC) for adolescents. This paper compares the effectiveness of an innovative MOC, the Brief Intervention MOC...