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Shatkin JP, Balloge N, Belfer ML. Child and adolescent mental health policy worldwide: an update. Int Psychiatry. 2008;5(4):81-84
Shatkin, J. P., Balloge, N., & Belfer, M. L. (2008). Child and adolescent mental health policy worldwide: an update. International psychiatry : bulletin of the Board of International Affairs of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 5(4), 81-84.
Shatkin, Jess P, et al. "Child and adolescent mental health policy worldwide: an update." International psychiatry : bulletin of the Board of International Affairs of the Royal College of Psychiatrists vol. 5,4 (2008): 81-84.
Shatkin JP, Balloge N, Belfer ML. Child and adolescent mental health policy worldwide: an update. Int Psychiatry. 2008 Oct 01;5(4):81-84. eCollection 2008 Oct. PMID: 31507956; PMCID: PMC6734850.
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Int Psychiatry. 2008 Oct 01;5(4):81-84. eCollection 2008 Oct.

Child and adolescent mental health policy worldwide: an update.

International psychiatry : bulletin of the Board of International Affairs of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Jess P Shatkin, Neaka Balloge, Myron L Belfer

Affiliations

  1. New York University School of Medicine, NYU Child Study Center, 577 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA, email [email protected].
  2. New York University.
  3. Harvard Medical School.

PMID: 31507956 PMCID: PMC6734850

Abstract

Few countries worldwide maintain policies specifically designed to address the mental health needs of children and adolescents. Yet policies are essential to guide the development of systems of care, training programmes for practitioners, and research endeavours. Without policy, there is no clear pathway for programme development, no specific commitment from government, no expression of governance, no guide to support funding, and no clarification of who exactly is responsible for providing services to children and adolescents. In 2004, we published a report aimed at identifying child and adolescent mental health policies worldwide (Shatkin & Belfer, 2004). The present review expands upon that report and provides an up-to-date assessment of these policies.

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