Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, University of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland.
Swiss Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 3008 Bern, Switzerland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 10;19(6):3252. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063252.
To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on treatment demand and supply in children and adolescents with mental disorders during the first year of the pandemic from the perspective of child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologists in Switzerland.
The survey was conducted anonymously, in German or French and online in April/May 2021. Mental health professionals working in child and adolescent psychiatry, psychotherapy services or independent practices were contacted by email.
N = 454 professionals completed the survey (176 child and adolescent psychiatrists and 276 psychologists). After an initial period of decreased demand during the lockdown in spring 2020, requests for treatment increased, considerably exceeding the demand pre-pandemic and reaching a peak in January/February/March 2021. The vast majority of professionals (78.2%) estimated that there was currently too little supply during the pandemic, which differed from the evaluation of the pre-pandemic situation (37%). A total of 65% of participants indicated that waiting time until the initiation of treatment increased during the pandemic, 41% reported their current workload to be somewhat higher and 44.5% much higher.
For the first pandemic year, youth mental health professionals reported a large increase in the treatment demand and waiting time and a worrisome overload of treatment services.
本研究旨在从瑞士儿童和青少年精神科医生和心理学家的角度评估 COVID-19 大流行对大流行第一年儿童和青少年精神障碍患者治疗需求和供应的影响。
该调查于 2021 年 4/5 月以匿名形式、使用德语或法语在线进行。通过电子邮件联系在儿童和青少年精神病学、心理治疗服务或独立实践中工作的心理健康专业人员。
共有 454 名专业人员完成了调查（176 名儿童和青少年精神科医生和 276 名心理学家）。在 2020 年春季封锁期间需求最初下降后，治疗需求增加，大大超过了大流行前的需求，并在 2021 年 1 月/2 月/3 月达到峰值。绝大多数专业人员（78.2%）估计目前大流行期间供应不足，这与大流行前的评估情况不同（37%）。共有 65%的参与者表示，在大流行期间治疗开始前的等待时间增加，41%报告他们目前的工作量略有增加，44.5%则大幅增加。
对于第一个大流行年，青年心理健康专业人员报告治疗需求和等待时间大幅增加，治疗服务负担过重令人担忧。
