Mental Health Service Use Among Young People From Families With Different Intergenerational Patterns of Child Protection Contact

Melissa Mei Yin Cheung, Stacy Tzoumakis, Emma F. McKenzie, Kimberlie Dean, Oliver J. Watkeys, Ken Zulumovski, Vaughan J. Carr, Melissa J. Green, School of Clinical Medicine, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales , Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, Gamarada Universal Indigenous Resources Pty Ltd, Department of Psychiatry, Monash University

Child Maltreatment

Published online on July 16, 2026

Abstract

Child Maltreatment, Ahead of Print.
This study examined mental health service use among 75,784 Australian young people from families with different intergenerational patterns of child protection (CP) contact evident in longitudinal multi-agency administrative data, namelycycle maintainers(...