Haran, Maeve http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2488-8927
Killeen, David
Healy, Mike
Brophy, Peadar
Donohue, Aoife
Whyte, Imelda
Doody, Brendan
Funding for this research was provided by:
University College Dublin
Article History
Received: 23 January 2023
Accepted: 9 February 2023
First Online: 23 February 2023
Declarations
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: Approval of the study protocol was granted by HSE Linn Dara Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service Research Ethics Committee and conducted in accordance with the ICH Guidelines on Good Clinical Practice, and the Declaration of Helsinki. It was agreed that the direct consent of all the patients was not required because the study is a retrospective review, the patient data was fully anonymised, and the participants could suffer no possible harm. On admission, parents and patients sign a consent form to allow for Health Service Executive data management and health audit processes.
: The authors declare no competing interests.