The project builds onÊa completed evidence synthesisÊin the area of ÔriskÕ, and is driven by this research question: 'What are the interventions and the processes that promote young peopleÕs connection to their education, friends and families during inpatient mental health care?Õ

Objectives are to:

• Explore how health care, social care and teaching practitioners facilitate connections to education, friends and families when young people are in hospital receiving mental health care.
• Examine young peopleÕs, family membersÕ and friendsÕ experiences of maintaining connections during admission to inpatient mental health care.
• Assess the suitability of standardised tools to measure outcomes related to education, friends and families for young people in mental health hospital.
• Identify candidate interventions and processes helping young people maintain their connections during periods of inpatient mental health care for testing in a future study.