Quality standards for child and youth mental health services: for use in specialized community or outpatient care across the WHO European Region

Overview

The quality standards for child and youth mental health services were developed in response to requests from the WHO pan-European Mental Health Coalition and WHO Member States for a standardised approach to quality assessment, measurement and improvement for child and youth community/outpatient mental health care across the WHO European Region. The standards outline an aspirational but achievable definition of high-quality care and provide a basis to assess and identify areas for improvement for the quality of specialised child and youth mental health services. The journey to implement the quality standards across the WHO European Region will require joint learning, commitment and action between all key stakeholders.