Child and adolescent psychiatry training and services in the Middle East region: a current status assessment.

Journal: European child & adolescent psychiatry

Volume: 29

Issue: 1

Year of Publication: 2020

Affiliated Institutions:  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. clausen.carolyn@gmail.com. Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Sidra Medicine /Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, Qatar. University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Alamanra Kuwait Center for Mental Health, Kuwait City, Kuwait. College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. College of Medicine, Al-Qadisiyah University, Al-Diwaniya, Iraq. Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. Jordan University of Science and Technology, King Abdullah University Hospital, Irbid, Jordan. Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. World Health Organization, Damascus, Syria. College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Mental Health Unit, Ministry of Health, Ramallah, Palestine. Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The Royal Medical Services of Jordan, King Hussein Medical City, Amman, Jordan. Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Abstract summary 

Mental health is a key component of health, yet appropriate care is limited. Evidence concerning child and adolescent mental health has predominantly come from western countries, while the Middle East region, with a large youth population, has reported very little on it. This original, cross-sectional study of child and adolescent psychiatry in the Middle East provides an assessment of current postgraduate programs, services and what is needed to build workforce capacity. Academic psychiatrists from 16 Middle East countries were invited to form a Consortium to map current postgraduate training as one of the determinants of available child and adolescent psychiatry services, identify gaps in the distribution of child and adolescent psychiatrists, and propose potential steps to improve access to child and adolescent mental health care. The study collected data from 15 of the 16 countries invited (no data provided from Yemen). The study revealed underdeveloped child and adolescent psychiatry academic systems throughout the region. Despite recognition of the specialty in a majority of the countries (11/15), only six countries had established a designated child and adolescent psychiatry training program. The overall shortage of child and adolescent mental health specialists varied, yet all Consortium members reported a need for additional child and adolescent psychiatry specialists and allied professionals. Lack of child and adolescent psychiatry specialized programs in place throughout the region has evidently contributed to the shortage of qualified child and adolescent mental health workforce in the Middle East.

Authors & Co-authors:  Clausen Carolyn E CE Bazaid Khalid K Azeem Muhammad Waqar MW Abdelrahim Fathelaliem F Elgawad Ahmed A Abd AAA Alamiri Bibi B AlAnsari Ahmed Malalla AM Alhamzawi Ali A Al Mai Ahmad Mohammed AM Bakhiet Aisha Motwakil AM Bashtawi Mahmoud M Çuhadaroğlu Füsun F Hedar Mazen M Holdar Mohammad M Jabr Samah S Jafri Ather Sajjad AS Jumaian Amjad A Moussa Suaad S Osman Abdelgadir Hussein AH Razjouyan Katayoon K Yanes Eyad E Guerrero Anthony A Skokauskas Norbert N

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Oct 10;16(1):562
Authors :  24
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1007/s00787-019-01360-2
SSN : 1435-165X
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Adolescent
Other Terms
Child and adolescent mental health;Child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP);Middle East (ME);Postgraduate training
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
Germany