I think it's time for my annual begging bowl job on allstat!
I'm trying to find sources of information on the following, ideally for the UK, for England, E&W or Scotland but information from other countries hugely appreciated too:
1. Prescribing rates/costs or consultation rates for Ritalin/methylphenidate in Children
2. Ditto for SSRI's in Children
3. Total funding across the UK for CAMHS (Children and adolescent Mental Health Services) and the comparison of how the funding is split between acute and community based services.
4. Breakdown (costs or just numbers) of CAMHS (or all) service provision between psychology, psychiatry, and psychotherapy and counselling based services. And also any figures on any other specially trained child workers if it is available.
5. Waiting times for CAMHS services.
This is not my expert area (I'm more of a psychometrician!) but I'd hugely appreciate any pointers to good resources. So far, I'm tending to come up with figures that aren't broken down by age (e.g. the fascinating DoH total prescribing data) or else finding pretty little.
Reply to me and I'll summarise back to the list with heartfelt gratitude!
TIA,
Chris
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Chris Evans <[log in to unmask]>
Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, Rampton Hospital;
Research Programmes Director, Nottinghamshire NHS Trust,
Hon. SL Institute of Psychiatry
*** My views are my own and not representative of those institutions ***
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