To celebrate the Child and Adolescent Mental Health journal’s 25th anniversary, we have released the 25 top cited articles of all time*! All papers are freely available online for you to read.
Number 2o is a tie! Jointly 20th is…
Children’s Voices: A Review of the Literature Pertinent to Looked‐After Children’s Views of Mental Health Services
Julie Davies, John Wright
Published: 23 July 2007
Key Practitioner Message
Relating to looked‐after children and service user involvement:
- Vulnerable children should be given equal choice and involvement in their treatment decisions and not miss out on the wider NHS drive for service user involvement.
- Incorporating children’s views will by definition require a comprehensive service creating financial and training challenges.
- While realistic, asking looked‐after children about their views requires that a number of complex issues be addressed: methodologically, reflexively and ethically.
* as of December 2019
