The scarcity of child psychiatrists in China

Wu, Jin-Lan; Pan, Jiahua

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“…Through such a service network, crisis invention services could be provided rapidly and thoroughly during public health crises. The scarcity of child psychiatrists in China is an urgent problem that must be addressed [22]. Government policies that would encourage more medical students to step into this rapidly developing field and to build high-quality training systems for child psychiatrists are both suitable strategies.…”

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Mental health services for children in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of an expert-based national survey among child and adolescent psychiatric hospitals

Cui

Zheng

2020

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Mental health services for children in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of an expert-based national survey among child and adolescent psychiatric hospitals

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Zheng

2020

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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“…Although child psychiatry has always been an important subspecialty of psychiatry in China, the overall development of the field in China has been slow as demonstrated by a scarcity of trained professionals, limited availability of treatment facilities, and a lack of funding and policy support [3,19]. One recent survey showed that by the end of 2015 the psychiatric beds for children only accounted for 0.89% of total psychiatric beds in Mainland China, and only 175 out of 2936 (5.96%) psychiatric facilities in China had a child psychiatric ward [20].…”

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Psychiatric inpatient beds for youths in China: data from a nation-wide survey

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Background: The development of child psychiatric services in China has been slow and very limited resources have been allocated to support its growth. This study set out to investigate the child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric resources currently available in top-tier psychiatric hospitals in China and the characteristics of youth patients hospitalized on an adult unit. Methods: As part of an official national survey, 29 provincial tertiary psychiatric hospitals in China were selected. Data from 1975 inpatients discharged from these hospitals from March 19 to 31, 2019 were retrieved and analyzed. Results: The mean number of youth psychiatric beds was 27.7 ± 22.9 in these hospitals and 6/29 hospitals had no youth beds. There were significantly more youth beds in developed regions than in less developed regions (P < 0.05). Most of the discharged youth patients were teenagers with severe mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. 7.5% (149) of the 1975 discharged patients were children or adolescents, however youth beds only accounted for 3.2% (804/25,136) of all psychiatric beds. 45.6% (68) of youth patients were discharged from adult psychiatric units. Conclusion: Our findings highlight the lack of adequate youth psychiatric inpatient services for children and adolescents living in China, especially in less developed regions. There is an urgent need to build more child and adolescent psychiatric units in provinces where there are none, and to increase the number of beds within the units that exist presently.

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“…Due to their unique developmental features, it is a consensus that youth patients requiring in-patient care for mental health problems should be managed in age-appropriate facilities [15,16]. In its policy statement, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry states clearly that "Unless Although child psychiatry has always been an important subspecialty of psychiatry in China, the overall development is rather slow and much improvement is urgently needed, including the scarcity of trained professionals, limited availability of treatment facilities and lack of funding and policy support [3,19]. One recent survey showed that by the end of 2015 the children psychiatric beds only accounted for 0.89% of total psychiatric beds in Mainland of China, and only 175 out of 2936 (5.96%) psychiatric facilities in China had a child psychiatric ward [20].…”

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Psychiatric inpatient beds for youths in China: data from a nation-wide survey

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Background The development of child psychiatry in China is slow and very limited resources have been allocated to it. To investigate the current resources of inpatient psychiatric facilities for youth in top-tier psychiatric hospitals in China and the characteristics of youth patients hospitalized in an adult unit. Method As part of a official national survey, 29 most representative provincial tertiary psychiatric hospitals in China were selected. Data of 1975 inpatients discharged from these hospitals from March 19 to 31, 2019 were retrieved and analyzed. Results The mean number of youth psychiatric bed was 27.7±22.9 in these hospitals and 6/29 hospitals had zero youth beds. There were significantly more youth beds in developed regions than in less developed regions (P<0.05). Most of discharged youth patients were teenagers with severe mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. 7.5% (149) of 1975 discharged patients were youth while youth beds only accounted for 3.2% (804/25136) of all psychiatric beds. 45.6% (68) of youth patients hospitalized in adult units. Conclusion Our findings highlight a dire situation of youth inpatient service in China, especially in less developed regions. There is an urgent need to change the policy and develop mental health services, including inpatient services for child and adolescent patients.

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The scarcity of child psychiatrists in China

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Mental health services for children in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of an expert-based national survey among child and adolescent psychiatric hospitals

Mental health services for children in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of an expert-based national survey among child and adolescent psychiatric hospitals

Psychiatric inpatient beds for youths in China: data from a nation-wide survey

Psychiatric inpatient beds for youths in China: data from a nation-wide survey

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