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Table 1 Sample search strategy (MEDLINE)

From: Transitions in mental health and addiction care for youth and their families: a scoping review of needs, barriers, and facilitators

#

Search Statement

Results

1

exp transition to adult care/

1178

2

exp transitional care/

539

3

exp Adolescent Health Services/

5386

4

*"Continuity of Patient Care”/

9832

5

(Transitional Aged Youth* or TAY or emerging adult* or transition to adult* or child to adult or Transition-Age or transitional mental health service* or (young adj3 mental health need*) or youth in transition to adulthood or continuity of care or Transition to Adult Care).mp

15,333

6

or/1–5 [TAY]

28,840

7

exp Mental Health/

34,417

8

exp compulsive behavior/

11,824

9

exp Mental Disorders/

1,182,597

10

exp Substance-Related Disorders/

267,571

11

(mental health or MHA or addict* or Mental Disorder* or substance abuse or Substance-Related Disorder*).mp

470,722

12

7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11

1,349,745

13

exp Developmental Disabilities/

19,145

14

exp Intellectual Disability/

93,168

15

exp Learning Disorders/

21,544

16

exp Autistic Disorder/

19,555

17

((Intellectual or developmental or mental or learning or autistic) adj2 (disability* or disorder*)).mp

292,288

18

13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17

349,614

19

12 not 18 [MHA]

1,047,422

20

exp Help-Seeking Behavior/

593

21

exp Therapeutics/

4,382,979

22

exp “Health Services Needs and Demand”/

57,789

23

(help-seek* or treatment or Barrier* or difficult* or hinder* or facilitator* or enable or support or care needs or care pathway* or obstacle*).mp

12,790,617

24

or/20–23 [HELP]

14,848,386

25

6 and 19 and 24

2743

26

limit 25 to english language

2656

27

remove duplicates from 26

2656