Database | Search timeframe 01.01.00 to | Titles viewed | Abstracts viewed | Papers viewed | Papers included | Examples of what excluded publications considered |
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Project MUSE | 07.03.16 | 132 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Transition to adulthood; other types of transition such as marriage and cohabitation, child bearing, employment, school to employment, high school to college, immigration, political (democracy); other interfaces, e.g. between psychiatry, psychology and philosophy; and other types of transfer, e.g. transfer of technologies between countries |
PubMed | 20.03.16 | 175 | 6 | 3 | 130 | The structure of CAMHS in a number of geographical locations; ethical aspects of psychiatric assessment of young people in immigrant detention; transition to end-of-life care; and the process of transition from child to adult healthcare in the context of ASD but without consideration of ethical issues |
PsycINFO | 20.03.16 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Moral dilemmas in psychiatry (but not addressing transition), capacity to consent and the transition to end-of-life care |
EMBASE | 20.03.16 | 126 | 4 | 3 | 131 | A narrative summary of the transition process within the context of chronic illness and a discussion of the ethical aspects of the treatment of chronic conditions which made no reference to the issue of transition |
Web of Science | 20.03.16 | 309 | 16 | 6 | 130 | systematic reviews of the literature on transition that did not consider the ethical/legal aspects of transition, and articles which considered practical issues regarding transition but did not attend to the ethical/legal issues |
CINAHL | 20.03.16 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | supporting young people in transition, service design, and the treatment of young people with specific mental illnesses |
Lexis Library | 21.03.16 | 4668 | 6 | 0 | 0 | records about transitions specific to youth justice and implications of mental and public health policy |
Westlaw UK | 27.03.16 | 1325 | 2 | 0 | 0 | services specifically for offenders which did not focus on health |
Google Scholar advanced search | 04.04.16 | 53,281 | 28 | 15 | 0 | Transition between child and adult (including mental health) services, which did not focus on ethical aspects |
ProQuest advanced search | 30.03.16 | 22,340 | 20 | 16 | 0 | Processes related to and readiness for transition and ethical issues of transition, especially trust, but from hospital to specialist home care rather than child-adult services |