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[Child psychiatry and social security]
Insights
This study reviews the historical development of child psychiatric care and details the organization of a child psychiatry unit within the Institute of Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE). It highlights the importance of multidisciplinary teams in child mental health services.
Area of Science:
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Mental Health Services Research
- Healthcare Organization
Context:
- Historical overview of psychiatric care for children and adolescents.
- Establishment and organization of a child psychiatry unit within the Institute of Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE).
- Overview of existing ISSSTE psychiatric units and patient statistics from 1976.
Purpose:
- To review the historical development of child psychiatric care.
- To describe the organizational structure of a child psychiatry unit within a social security institute.
- To emphasize the significance of a multidisciplinary team approach in child psychiatry.
- To present an ambitious project for an in-patient unit for children and adolescents.
Summary:
- The child psychiatry unit at ISSSTE, operational since 1961, utilizes a team approach involving psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers.
- In 1976, the Child Psychiatry department admitted 749 new cases, with a total of 5,471 children and adolescents among 14,271 patients.
- Plans are underway for an in-patient unit within a psychiatric hospital to further enhance child and adolescent psychiatric care.
Impact:
- Provides insights into the evolution and current state of child psychiatric services within a social security framework.
- Underscores the effectiveness of integrated, multidisciplinary mental health care for young populations.
- Lays the groundwork for future expansion and development of comprehensive in-patient psychiatric services for children and adolescents.
Abstract:
The historic development of the units that provided psychiatric care to children and adolescents, which finally yielded the first child guidance clinic early this century is briefly reviewed. We describe the organization of a child psychiatry unit within a social security institute (ISSSTE). The importance of a child psychiatrist, a psychologist and a social worker working together in a team approach to the evaluation and treatment of children is emphasized. The ISSSTE has provided psychiatric care to children and adolescents since 1961. For this purpose the Institute has five psychiatric units, four of them within a general hospital, the other in a neuropsychiatry out-patient clinic. This clinic admitted 749 new cases to the Child Psychiatry department during 1976. Up to December 1976, the total population of the clinic was 14 271 patients, of which 5 471 are children and adolescents. Last but not least, we describe an ambitious project for an in-patient unit for children and adolescents as part of a psychiatric hospital.
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