Adolescents' involvement in mental health treatment and service design: a systematic review.

Background: Adolescents' involvement in their mental healthcare is considered a fundamental human right. However, there is a lack of consensus regarding the extent and nature of user involvement and limited research on user involvement in adolescent mental healthcare has previously been identified. Given the evolving focus on this area, this study explores the experiences with, the effectiveness of, and safety issues related to adolescents' user involvement in mental healthcare.

Characteristics of the ideal healthcare services to meet adolescents' mental health needs: A qualitative study of adolescents' perspectives.

Introduction: Despite increased focus on development of mental health services worldwide, many adolescents still hesitate to reach out to the services when they need them. This might be linked to the lack of adolescent involvement in the development of services. This study aimed to explore adolescents' perspectives on the ideal healthcare services to meet their mental health needs.

Involvement of adolescent representatives and coresearchers in mental health research: Experiences from a research project.

Introduction: In spite of adolescents' rights to be involved in decisions that concern their health and life, limited research has been published reporting on their involvement in mental health research. Therefore, we aim to present experiences and reflections based on the involvement of adolescents in mental health research, to describe the collaborative relationship between researchers and coresearchers, including the values that underpin their collaboration.

Methods: An autoethnographic approach was used, combined with group reflections.

User involvement in adolescents' mental healthcare: a systematic review.

More than one out of ten adolescents suffer from mental illness at any given time. Still, there is limited knowledge about their involvement in mental healthcare. Adolescents have the right to be involved in decisions affecting their healthcare, but limited research focuses on their engagement and decision-making.

User involvement in adolescents' mental healthcare: protocol for a systematic review.

Introduction: User involvement has become a growing importance in healthcare. The United Nations state that adolescents have a right to be heard, and user involvement in healthcare is a legal right in many countries. Some research provides an insight into the field of user involvement in somatic and mental healthcare for adults, but little is known about user involvement in adolescents' mental healthcare, and no overview of the existing research evidence exists.