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01-12-2019 | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Editorial
Shaping the future of child and adolescent psychiatry
Authors:
Norbert Skokauskas, Daniel Fung, Lois T. Flaherty, Kai von Klitzing, Dainius Pūras, Chiara Servili, Tarun Dua, Bruno Falissard, Panos Vostanis, María Beatriz Moyano, Inna Feldman, Ciaran Clark, Vlatka Boričević, George Patton, Bennett Leventhal, Anthony Guerrero
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
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Issue 1/2019
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Abstract
Child and adolescent psychiatry is in a unique position to respond to the growing public health challenges associated with the large number of mental disorders arising early in life, but some changes may be necessary to meet these challenges. In this context, the future of child and adolescent psychiatry was considered by the Section on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA CAP), the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), the International Society for Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology (ISAPP), the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, representatives of the WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, and other experts. We take this opportunity to outline four consensus priorities for child and adolescent psychiatry over the next decade: increase the workforce necessary for providing care for children, adolescents and families facing mental disorders; reorienting child and adolescent mental health services to be more responsive to broader public health needs; increasing research and research training while also integrating new research finding promptly and efficiently into clinical practice and research training; Increasing efforts in advocacy.