Risk mitigation strategies for children and young people admitted with mental health crisis to acute paediatric care: A systematic review with narrative synthesis

Takawira C Marufu, Aikaterina Kaltsa, Zaki Albelbisi, Timothy Carter, Jane Coad, Sarah J Bolton, Philip Breedon, Michael P Craven, Kate Frost, Anthony Harbottle, Elizabeth Hendron, Julian Patel, Laura Rad, Peter White, Damian Wood, Joseph C Manning, Nottingham Children, s Hospital, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, School of Healthcare, College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, The Centre for Healthcare Equipment , Technology Adoption , Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Research and Innovation, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Health Innovation East Midlands, University of Nottingham, Clinical Research Division, Alder Hey Children, s NHS Foundation Trust

Journal of Child Health Care

Published online on August 29, 2025

Abstract

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Globally, the number of Children and Young People (CYP) that experience mental health crisis and access paediatric acute hospital settings continues to increase. Many of these CYP present with thoughts and behaviours of self-harm and/or suicide and often ...