COVID-19 and its impact on child and adolescent psychiatry - a German and personal perspective.

Autor: Fegert JM; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany., Schulze UME; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.; Center for Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and -Psychotherapy, Böblingen, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Irish journal of psychological medicine [Ir J Psychol Med] 2020 Sep; Vol. 37 (3), pp. 243-245. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 May 14.
DOI: 10.1017/ipm.2020.43
Abstrakt: As in other European countries, the current COVID-19 pandemic has not only massively restricted normal life in Germany but it is also having a significant effect on medical treatment, particularly in the areas of child and adolescent psychiatric care, as well as on university teaching. The federal structure of Germany and epidemiological differences between individual federal states have had a crucial impact on the regulations issued and their success. During the last number of weeks, tele-child-psychiatry and psychotherapy have increased, and outpatient services have been used cautiously and sparingly. Medical staff numbers will be augmented by doctors and nurses returning from retirement and also by medical students on a voluntary basis. The federal government has warned that discrepancies in education will increase due to the closure of schools. Questions of child protection are currently of particular importance in the context of such closures and the non-availability of day-care centers.
Databáze: MEDLINE