Publications by authors named "Ben Assan"
Engagement with traditional mental health services can be particularly challenging for young people experiencing severe and complex mental health problems. Assertive community treatment-based services providing mobile outreach, such as Intensive Mobile Youth Outreach Services (IMYOS), operate across Australia to support these young people's mental health needs in the transition to adulthood. Past research on IMYOS has focused on quantitative outcome measures, and young people's experiences of this type of model are poorly understood.
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- 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is a complex genetic condition that often presents with various health issues, including an increased risk of psychosis and potentially cancer.
- A case study highlights an adolescent girl who experienced severe psychosis early on but was only diagnosed with the syndrome in late adolescence, at which point she was also found to have thyroid cancer.
- This case adds to the limited research on how to manage psychosis linked to 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and points to the need for awareness about its possible association with cancer.
Background: Outcomes are reported for an assertive outreach team for adolescents that combines flexible service delivery (e.g. outreach) and broad-ranging interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this paper was to describe the Adolescent Intensive Management (AIM) team at the Austin Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), a unique model of intensive outreach service with high-risk and difficult-to-engage adolescents, and describe the profile of clients referred to it.
Method: This study used a retrospective review of clients' data, collected through file audit, over a 12-month period.
Results: The result of the study showed that a 100% retention rate of adolescents with complex social, emotional and mental health needs is possible in a flexible and multi-system approach to service provision.