The Current Consultation Round Aims to Seek an Answer on the Following Question

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The current consultation round aims to seek an answer on the following question:

·  To what extent the needs of adolescents are being met by the existing (integrated) care settings in Europe?

We highly appreciate your contribution in this consultation round and we would be very pleased if this template could be sent back to us ultimately the 30th of June via .

The ADOCARE project and research is part of a commonly endorsed action framework on mental health and wellbeing in Europe and responds as such to the objectives of the strategy Europe 2020.

You can find more information about ADOCARE on our website: www.adocare.eu

In case you have any questions regarding this template or the ADOCARE project, don’t hesitate to contact us:

In Europe, young people and their environment too often do not find appropriate help when they experience mental health problems. The traditional health care structures often fail to take into account the specific needs of adolescents. This is due to the fact that in many countries, MHC facilities are oriented towards children or towards adults. This is why the specificity of mental health problems for teens and young adults is often overlooked and not well enough addressed. In addition in many countries there is a shortage of MHC facilities in general as well as specifically for adolescents.

In order to enhance the establishment of adapted and integrated care settings for adolescents across the Member States, ADOCARE:

·  provides an overview of good practices of MHC adapted to the needs of the target group of adolescents

·  constructs a network of specialists in MHC for adolescents

·  makes a detailed analysis of existing practices with a focus on their advantages, weaknesses and transferability to other member states.

·  develops guidelines for the European Policy in the field of MHC for adolescents;

Some key definitions that we use in this questionnaire are:

·  Adolescents: young people between 12-24 years old.

·  Integrated care setting: MHC service that not only provides medical and psychological treatment to adolescents, but that supports adolescents to reintegrate as good as possible into society. Hence, integrated care should also take into account other needs, such as the need for education, the need to find good housing or a good job, the need to build trustful relationships with others.... Therefore, it is essential that an integrated care setting collaborates with other organisations within a broader network.

All your answers in this questionnaire will be kept confidential and will not be shared with your physician or clinic.

In order to make good recommendations for the European policy makers, it is important that we have knowledge of

·  the kind of MHC service that you used in the past 6 months

·  some of your personal characteristics

·  the psychological problem(s) that you have experience

Hence, we would like to ask you the following details:

We are interested in the profile of the MHC service you have used in the past 6 months. Interesting characteristics are the available treatment and counselling options offered by the service and what type of care setting you used. To map these features, please fill out the following questions.

a)  Can you please tick (in the table below) what kind of care that you received in the past 6 months?

·  If you answered ‘other’, please describe this in the box below:

b)  Was the MHC service where you received treatment exclusively for adolescents? (adolescents are aged 12-24 years old)

Yes:

No:

I do not know:

·  Do you experience being treated in a MHC service where other age groups (such as children or adults) also receive treatment as a shortcoming?

Yes:

No:

I do not know:

·  Can you please explain why?

c)  We are interested in how you felt about the care/treatment that you received in the MHC service you used in the last 6 months. Please tick in the table below to what extent you agree with the following expressions.

d)  What are in your opinion important issues that a good MHC service for adolescents should take into account?

Please rate in the table below the listed statements. Feel free to add important issues that are not in the list below.

Are there other important issues that a good MHC service for adolescents should try to fulfil? Please add these in the box below.

Are you aware of good initiatives for adolescents with mental health problems? Please add these in the box below.

OUR SINCERE THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COMPLETE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE and thank you to send it back to

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