Kommu John Vijay Sagar, Sharma Eesha, Ramtekkar Ujjwal
Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Indian J Psychol Med. 2020 Oct 4;42(5 Suppl):46S-52S. doi: 10.1177/0253717620959256. eCollection 2020 Oct.
Children constitute 40% of India's population. Large number of children with psychiatric disorders and neurodevelopmental conditions are unable to access mental health services due to factors such as unavailability of these services in smaller urban and rural centres and lack of training for primary care providers. Given the relatively easy access to video conferencing technology, feasibility and acceptability of Telepsychiatry, there is an urgent need to invest resources and strengthen the use of Telepsychiatry for child and adolescent mental health training and serviced delivery . This viewpoint article discusses the need,scope,experiences and challenges related to use of Telepsychiatry in the area of child mental health.
儿童占印度人口的40%。由于较小的城乡中心缺乏心理健康服务以及初级保健提供者缺乏培训等因素,大量患有精神疾病和神经发育障碍的儿童无法获得心理健康服务。鉴于视频会议技术相对容易获取,远程精神病学具有可行性和可接受性,迫切需要投入资源并加强远程精神病学在儿童和青少年心理健康培训及服务提供方面的应用。这篇观点文章讨论了在儿童心理健康领域使用远程精神病学的必要性、范围、经验和挑战。