Revista de embarazo y salud infantil

Abstracto

Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Mental Illnesses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Trans Disciplinary Public Health Paradigm

Yun Yu Hsu

Despite the significant prevalence of childhood trauma and poverty-related mental health issues in LMICs, access to high-quality mental healthcare treatments is limited. Due to a lack of resources, LMICs also struggle with a lack of standardized intervention modules and materials as well as a scarcity of skilled mental health professionals. In light of these difficulties and the fact that issues related to child development and mental health span a wide range of fields, industries, and services, public health models must now include integrated methods for addressing the mental health and psychosocial care requirements of disadvantaged children. In order to address the gaps and difficulties in child and adolescent mental healthcare in LMICs, this article proposes a workable model for convergence and the practice of transdisciplinary public health. This national level model, which is housed in a staterun tertiary mental healthcare facility, connects with (child care) service providers and stakeholders, duty-bearers, and citizens (specifically, parents, teachers, protection functionaries, health workers, and other interested parties) through capacity building initiatives and public discourse series that are created for a South Asian context and presented in a variety of languages.