TY - JOUR
AU - P. S. Russell
AU - P. Mammen
AU - M. K. Nair
AU - S. Russell
AU - S. R. Shankar
A1 - 
AB - India has a huge child and adolescent population. Psychiatric disorders are widely prevalent and the mental health needs of these children are well recognized. Nonetheless, there are no country-centric and child specific mental health policies, plans or programs. There is also a significant lack of human resources for child and adolescent mental health in India. This combination of factors makes the primary care a critical setting for the early identification, treatment, consultation and referral of children and adolescents with mental health and developmental needs. Even though the importance of primary care as a system for addressing the mental health care has been recognized for decades, its potential requires further development in India as the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) emerge and evolve. A country and child specific mental health policy, plan and program needs to be formulated as well an integrated, multi-tier CAMHS with a focus on the primary-care physicians as care providers for this population has to be developed.
BT - Indian journal of pediatrics
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CY - India
DO - 10.1007/s12098-011-0426-9
JF - Indian journal of pediatrics
N2 - India has a huge child and adolescent population. Psychiatric disorders are widely prevalent and the mental health needs of these children are well recognized. Nonetheless, there are no country-centric and child specific mental health policies, plans or programs. There is also a significant lack of human resources for child and adolescent mental health in India. This combination of factors makes the primary care a critical setting for the early identification, treatment, consultation and referral of children and adolescents with mental health and developmental needs. Even though the importance of primary care as a system for addressing the mental health care has been recognized for decades, its potential requires further development in India as the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) emerge and evolve. A country and child specific mental health policy, plan and program needs to be formulated as well an integrated, multi-tier CAMHS with a focus on the primary-care physicians as care providers for this population has to be developed.
PP - India
PY - 2012
SN - 0973-7693; 0019-5456
EP - 26
EP - S19+
T1 - Priority mental health disorders of children and adolescents in primary-care pediatric setting in India 1: developing a child and adolescent mental health policy, program, and service model
T2 - Indian journal of pediatrics
TI - Priority mental health disorders of children and adolescents in primary-care pediatric setting in India 1: developing a child and adolescent mental health policy, program, and service model
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 21660409
U3 - 10.1007/s12098-011-0426-9
VL - 79 Suppl 1
VO - 0973-7693; 0019-5456
Y1 - 2012
ER -