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- Title
Setting Up Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Service: Experience from the East Coast Malaysia.
- Authors
Harun, Noorul Amilin
- Abstract
Malaysia's child and adolescent psychiatry service is steadily developing, with the number of subspecialists slowly increasing. However, to date, not all the states in Malaysia have child and adolescent psychiatrists. Pahang, the largest state in Peninsular Malaysia, has only one child and adolescent psychiatrist, with Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan providing the state-wide service. The objectives was to describe establishing the child and adolescent psychiatry services in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan and the state itself. The presentation will describe the evolution of child and adolescent psychiatry services in the state hospital and the state, the available services and resources, a description of the trend of referrals, and strategies to overcome the challenges. The current status of the existing child and adolescent psychiatry services will be described. Achievements and challenges will be highlighted. Involving and training general psychiatrists, family physicians and medical officers to develop capacity in child and adolescent psychiatry services, as well as working in a multidisciplinary team and having intersectoral/interagency collaboration, are helpful approaches to overcoming limited resources and covering a large geographical area.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; ADOLESCENT psychiatry; CHILD psychiatry; QUALITY of service; PSYCHIATRISTS; PHYSICIANS
- Publication
Malaysian Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2023, Vol 19, p66
- ISSN
1675-8544
- Publication type
Article