In Conversation… Professor Tasmin Ford the importance of schools in a child’s mental health

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry

Professor Tamsin Ford, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Exeter Medical School, talks about attachment and early intervention, and explains why schools are an important setting in relation to child mental health.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol L. Kessler ◽  
Mary Lynn Dell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Care ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Mental Health Clinicians ◽  
Children And Families

The clinical issues at the interface of ethics, religion/spirituality, and child and adolescent psychiatry are limitless. This chapter seeks to help fill the void in the literature concerning ethics, religion/spirituality, and child mental health in a way that is most helpful to practicing clinicians struggling with these issues in their daily clinical contacts. Three specific areas are addressed that commonly present challenges: (1) religious/spiritual objections to psychiatric care; (2) ethical issues surrounding the clinician’s relationship with children and families; and (3) ethical issues that may arise when mental health clinicians work with religious/spiritual professionals and institutions. Implications of religious and cultural diversity for both patients and clinicians are also discussed throughout the chapter.

Early phase child and adolescent psychiatry response after mass trauma: Lessons learned from the Easter Sunday attack in Sri Lanka

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-334
Author(s):  
Miyuru Chandradasa ◽  
Layani C Rathnayake ◽  
Madushi Rowel ◽  
Lalin Fernando
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatrist ◽  
Mass Trauma

Background: Sri Lanka is a South-Asian nation with a multi-ethnic population. A 26-year-old armed conflict ended in 2009 and the relative stability over the last decade was unexpectedly disrupted by the Easter Sunday Bombings of Catholic Churches and luxury hotels in 2019. More than 250 were killed and most of the deaths were reported from the St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo in the District of Gampaha. This article describes how mental health services of the District of Gampaha, with a population of 2.3 million and only one child and adolescent psychiatrist responded to the psychological trauma in children. Activities: The child and adolescent psychiatry response to the mass trauma was a collaboration between health, educational and voluntary organisations. The psychological support was provided at affected villages, schools and hospital settings. Medical and non-medical personnel were able to refer affected children directly to the child and adolescent psychiatrist. Children who had developed psychological consequences of trauma were provided with evidence-based psychotherapies and psychopharmacology where necessary. In addition, health staff members and teachers were trained to provide psychological support and a booklet was prepared in the local language based on trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapy. Psychoeducation about the psychological response to trauma was provided through electronic, printed and social media. The limited number of trained psychotherapists and experts in child mental health were a major barrier to implement effective management strategies. Conclusion: Due to the severe shortage of child mental health experts, practical low-cost methodologies were employed to provide an early response to trauma. Traditional ways of mental health service provision were modified to be implemented via non-experts.

3.11 Overview of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry across Countries in the Eurasian Child Mental Health Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. S205-S206
Author(s):  
Roshan Chudal ◽  
Norbert Skokauskas ◽  
Ahmed Al Ansari ◽  
Anat Brunstein-Klomek ◽  
Chanvit Pornnoppadol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Mental Health Study

The Use of Mobile and Wearable Artificial Intelligence in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – A Scoping Review (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Welch ◽  
Tom Joshua Wy ◽  
Anna Ligezka ◽  
Leslie C. Hassett ◽  
Paul E. Croarkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Mental Health Disorders ◽  
Wearable Devices ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Health Disorders

BACKGROUND Mental health disorders across the life span are a leading cause of medical disabilities. This burden is particularly significant in children and adolescents due to challenges in diagnoses and lack of precision medicine approaches. The advent and widespread adoption of wearable devices (e.g., smartwatches) that generate large volumes of passively collected data that are conducive for artificial intelligence applications to remotely diagnose and manage child and adolescent mental health disorders is promising. OBJECTIVE This study conducted a scoping review to study, characterize and identify areas of innovations with wearable devices that can augment current in-person physician assessments to individualize diagnosis and management of mental health disorders in child and adolescent psychiatry. METHODS This scoping review used PRISMA’s information as a guide. A comprehensive search of several databases from 2011 to June 25, 2021, limited to English language and excluding animal studies, was conducted. The databases included Ovid MEDLINE (R) and Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations and Daily, Ovid Embase, Ovid Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Ovid Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Web of Science, and Scopus. RESULTS The initial search yielded 344 articles. 19 articles were left on the final source list for this scoping review. Articles were divided into three main groups: Studies with the main focus on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) and Internalizing disorders such as anxiety disorders. Majority of the studies used either ECG strap or wrist worn biosensor. CONCLUSIONS Our scoping review found large heterogeneity of methods and findings in artificial intelligence studies in child psychiatry. Overall, the largest gaps identified in this scoping review are the lack of randomized control trials, most available studies are pilot feasibility trials.

scholarly journals Service innovations: second opinions in child and adolescent psychiatry

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-24
Author(s):  
Greg Richardson ◽  
David Cottrell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Academic Unit ◽  
Diagnosis And Management

AIMS AND METHODSTo devise a protocol, reflecting best practice, for obtaining second opinions in child and adolescent psychiatry through discussion with consultants in child and adolescent psychiatry within the Yorkshire region at their quarterly meetings.ResultsThe major pressure for second opinions falls upon the Academic Unit of Child and Adolescent Mental Health and on the in-patient units. Other consultants who are considered to have specialist expertise in certain areas may also receive referrals for second opinions. Both consultants requesting and offering second opinions considered a protocol for obtaining them would be helpful to their practice.Clinical ImplicationsAn agreed protocol between consultants in child and adolescent psychiatry within a region ensures that young people with complex problems have access to second opinions on their diagnosis and management by consultants who can be recommended to referrers by other consultants. The network of consultants ensures such opinions are not requested excessively and that ‘rogue’ opinions without therapeutic follow-up are avoided.

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