Mental Health Services Children & Young People

Monthly Statistics on Referrals, Contacts and Care

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About this dataset

This dataset provides essential information on the mental health services provided to children and young people in England. The data contained within the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) - Children & Young People covers a variety of different categories during a given reporting period, including primary level details, secondary level descriptions, number of open referrals for children's and young people's mental health services at the end of the reporting period, as well as number of first attended contacts for referrals open in the reporting period aged 0-18. It also provides insight into how many people are in contact with mental health services aged 0 to 18 at the time of reporting, how many referrals starting during this time were self-refreshers and more. This dataset includes valuable information that is necessary to better track and understand trends in order to provide more effective care

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Overview of Data Fields

• REPORTING_PERIOD: The month and year of the reporting period (Date)
• BREAKDOWN: The type of breakdown of the data (String)
• PRIMARY_LEVEL: The primary level of the data (String)
• PRIMARY_LEVEL_DESCRIPTION: A description at the primary level of the data (String)
• SECONDARY_LEVEL: The secondary level of the data (String)

Research Ideas

• Evaluating the efficacy of existing mental health services for children and young people by examining changes in relationships between different aspects of service delivery (e.g. referral activity, hospital spell activity, etc).
• Analysing geographical trends in mental health services to inform investment decisions and policies across different regions.
• Identifying areas of high need among vulnerable or marginalised citizens, such as those aged 0-18 or those with particular genetic makeup, to better target resources and support those most in need of help

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. Data Source

License

License: Dataset copyright by authors - You are free to: - Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially. - Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. - You must: - Give appropriate credit - Provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. - ShareAlike - You must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. - Keep intact - all notices that refer to this license, including copyright notices.

Columns

File: mhsds-monthly-cyp-data-file-feb-fin-2017-1.csv | Column name | Description | |:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | REPORTING_PERIOD | The period of time for which the data was collected. (String) | | BREAKDOWN | The breakdown of the data by age group. (String) | | PRIMARY_LEVEL | The primary level of the data. (String) | | PRIMARY_LEVEL_DESCRIPTION ...

Mental Health Services for Children

Monthly Statistics from England

By data.world's Admin [source]

About this dataset

This dataset provides insight into the mental health services available to children and young people in England. The data includes all primary and secondary levels of care, as well as breakdowns by age group. Information is provided on the number of people in contact with mental health services; open ward stays; open referrals; referrals starting in reporting period; attended contacts; indirect activity; discharged from referral; missed care contacts by DNA reasons and more. With these statistics, analysts may be able to better understand the scope of mental health service usage across different age groups in England and make valuable conclusions about best practices for helping children & young people receive proper care

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Understanding the Columns:

Each row represents data from a specific month within a reporting period. The first thing to do is to find out what each column represents - this is explained by their titles and descriptions included at the beginning of this dataset. Note that there are primary level columns (e.g., Reporting Period, Breakdown) which provide overall context while secondary level columns (e.g., CYP01 People in contact with children and young peoples' mentally health service…) provide more detail on specific indicators of interest related to that primary level column value pair (i.e., Reporting Period X).

Exploring Data Variables:

The next step is exploring which data variables could potentially be helpful when analyzing initiatives/programs related to mental health care for children & youth in England or developing policies related to them – look through all columns included here for ones you think would be most helpful such as ‘CYP21 – Open ward stays...’ or ‘MHS07a - People with an open hospital spell…’ and note down those that have been considered necessary/relevant based on your particular situation/needs before further analyzing using software packages like Excel or SPSS etc..

Analyzing Data Values:

Now comes the time for analyzing individual values provided under each respective column – take one single numerical data element such as ‘CYP02 – People… CPA end RP’ & run through it all looking at trends over time, averages across different sections by performing calculations via software packages available like tables provided above based upon sorted hierarchies needed.. Then you can then start looking into making meaningful correlations between different pieces of information given herein by cross-referencing contexts against each other resulting if any noticeable patterns found significant enough will make informative decisions towards policy implementations & program improvement opportunities both directly concerned

Research Ideas

• Using this dataset to identify key trends in mental health services usage among children and young people in England, such as the number of open ward stays and referrals received.
• Using the information to develop targeted solutions on areas of need identified from the data by geographical area or age group, i.e creating campaigns or programs specifically targeting specific groups at a higher risk of experiencing mental health difficulties or engaging with specialist services.
• Tracking how well these initiatives are working over time by monitoring relevant metrics such as attendance at appointments, open referrals etc to evaluate their effectiveness in improving access and engagement with mental health services for those most in need

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. Data Source

License

License: Dataset copyright by authors - You are free to: - Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially. - Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. - You must: - Give appropriate credit - Provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. - ShareAlike - You must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. - ...