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Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale
Published on: August 25, 2014
Child psychiatry and mental health in Latin America
Rodrigo Chamorro Oschilewsky1, Cristóbal Martínez Gómez, Edgard Belfort
1International Institute of Cognitive Development, Central University of Chile, Chile, University of Moron, Argentina. rchamorro@manquehue.net
Abstract:
The review of epidemiological studies of psychiatric disorders in children and teenagers in Latin America, is validated and updated in this article. The present article incorporates variants that are contributed from the neurosciences, which allow us to see difficulties as opportunities, across such mechanisms as the plasticity neuronal, trying to change paradigms, frequently pessimistic in this type of review, and we call for the active participation of all the scientific societies of our countries in the development of public policies, based on prevention, for the vulnerability of the rights of our children and teenagers suggesting a multidisciplinary boarding in mental health.
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