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A comparison of child and adolescent psychiatry in the Far East, the Middle East, and Southeast Europe

A comparison of child and adolescent psychiatry in the Far East, the Middle East, and Southeast... INTRODUCTIONThere are approximately 3.1 billion people under the age of 24 worldwide, with 1.9 billion of them living in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC) (United Nations, 2019). Globally, 10%–20% of all children and adolescents experience mental disorders and half of them begin prior to 14 years of age (World Health Organization, 2020). Delayed identification, diagnosis, and treatment of child and adolescent mental health disorders can have lifelong consequences, due to the plasticity of the brain during this peak development stage of life (Kieling et al., 2011). As mental health can be affected by poor socioeconomic status, children and adolescents living in LMIC are inevitably at a higher risk for developing mental health problems (Lund et al., 2018). Despite the high proportion of the world's children and adolescents living in LMIC, 95% of all specialized child and adolescent mental health resources are concentrated in high‐income countries (HIC) (Patel et al., 2013). The World Health Organization's (WHO) “Atlas: child and adolescent mental health resources: global concerns: implications for the future” emphasized that especially countries with a higher proportion of children lack mental health services as well as policies addressing the needs of children and adolescents (World Health Organization, 2005).In Western Europe and North America, toward the beginning http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia-Pacific Psychiatry Wiley

A comparison of child and adolescent psychiatry in the Far East, the Middle East, and Southeast Europe

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INTRODUCTIONThere are approximately 3.1 billion people under the age of 24 worldwide, with 1.9 billion of them living in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC) (United Nations, 2019). Globally, 10%–20% of all children and adolescents experience mental disorders and half of them begin prior to 14 years of age (World Health Organization, 2020). Delayed identification, diagnosis, and treatment of child and adolescent mental health disorders can have lifelong consequences, due to the plasticity of the brain during this peak development stage of life (Kieling et al., 2011). As mental health can be affected by poor socioeconomic status, children and adolescents living in LMIC are inevitably at a higher risk for developing mental health problems (Lund et al., 2018). Despite the high proportion of the world's children and adolescents living in LMIC, 95% of all specialized child and adolescent mental health resources are concentrated in high‐income countries (HIC) (Patel et al., 2013). The World Health Organization's (WHO) “Atlas: child and adolescent mental health resources: global concerns: implications for the future” emphasized that especially countries with a higher proportion of children lack mental health services as well as policies addressing the needs of children and adolescents (World Health Organization, 2005).In Western Europe and North America, toward the beginning

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Asia-Pacific Psychiatry – Wiley

Published: Jun 1, 2022

Keywords: child and adolescent mental health; child and adolescent mental health services; child and adolescent psychiatry; postgraduate training; Southeast Europe; the Far East; the Middle East

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