Child Mental Health and Psychosocial Development. Report of a WHO Expert Committee. Technical Report Series No. 613.

Institution	World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland).
Titel	Child Mental Health and Psychosocial Development. Report of a WHO Expert Committee. Technical Report Series No. 613.
Quelle	(1977), (73 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Development; Child Psychology; Children; Foreign Countries; Intervention; Mental Disorders; Personnel Needs; Planning; Policy Formation; Prevention; Program Improvement; Psychiatric Services; Psychological Services; Social Services + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Kinderpsychologie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Personnel requirement; Personalbedarf; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Politische Betätigung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Psychiatric care; Psychiatrische Versorgung; Psychologische Betreuung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste
Abstract	This report of a World Health Organization Expert Committee discusses the importance of ensuring healthy psychosocial development and the prevention and treatment of mental health problems in children and stresses the inadequacy of existing services in most countries. The first section reviews the current world situation in child mental health, emphasizing: (1) population characteristics; (2) epidemiological and developmental features; and (3) patterns of existing services. The second section examines possibilities for action, specifically: principles of intervention; preventive and treatment measures; research implications; service provisions and personnel development; and planning and coordination. The final section offers recommendations to those who formulate national policies, deploy financial resources and personnel, and develop services in the following areas: prevention and treatment of childhood mental disorders and fostering of healthy psychosocial development; development of etiological knowledge; program planning and coordination; training of child mental health personnel. WHO's role in child mental health programs is discussed. (SE)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC