University of Michigan, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48197, USA.
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2018 Sep 27;20(11):105. doi: 10.1007/s11920-018-0959-y.
Improving child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) is a priority worldwide. The majority of children with psychiatric conditions in low-middle-income countries (LMIC), like Ghana, receive no treatment due largely to limited resources and few CAMH training opportunities. The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and University of Michigan (UM) established a partnership to expand CAMH training for general psychiatrists in Ghana. Lessons learned from the early stages of the collaboration can serve as an adaptable roadmap for similar efforts to expand CAMH training in LMIC.
Previous articles have discussed global academic partnership, training, and capacity building programs; however, early challenges, opportunities, and preparatory stages involved in creating a mutually beneficial collaboration aimed at improving child psychiatry expertise in a LMIC are under explored in the global mental health literature. This article seeks to fill that gap by using examples to highlight unique considerations for institutions in the initial stages of establishing their global partnership. The early stages of a global partnership can impact the success of the collaboration. Collaborations should be bi-directional, sensitive to local culture, and flexible and establish achievable sustainable goals.
综述目的：改善儿童和青少年心理健康（CAMH）是全球的重点。由于资源有限，以及 CAMH 培训机会较少，像加纳这样的中低收入国家（LMIC）的大多数患有精神疾病的儿童都未得到治疗。Komfo Anokye 教学医院（KATH）和密歇根大学（UM）建立了合作伙伴关系，为加纳的普通精神科医生扩大 CAMH 培训。该合作的早期阶段的经验教训可以为在 LMIC 中扩大 CAMH 培训的类似努力提供一个适应性的路线图。
最新发现：之前的文章已经讨论了全球学术合作、培训和能力建设计划；然而，在全球心理健康文献中，针对旨在提高 LMIC 儿童精神病学专业知识的互利合作，涉及到创建一个互利合作的早期挑战、机遇和筹备阶段的研究较少。本文旨在通过举例说明来填补这一空白，突出机构在建立全球伙伴关系的初始阶段的独特考虑因素。全球伙伴关系的早期阶段会影响合作的成功。合作应该是双向的，对当地文化敏感，灵活且能够建立可持续的目标。
