In the study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, experts identified significant socioeconomic inequalities in access to care and clinical outcomes, with children and young people living in the most deprived neighborhoods more likely to have their referral to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) rejected, and to have worse clinical outcomes at 12 months' follow-up from their referral.
Younger children, particularly those aged under 11, were also less likely to receive help, hampering earlier intervention efforts.
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