Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent. Mental Health devices in a general hospital
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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to important changes in the care model, in hospitals and in mental health centers. In this article we will analyze the changes that this pandemic has generated in the dynamics of the different Child and Youth mental health devices of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (HCB). Methods: Analysis of the changes made in the operation of the Children’s and Youth mental health devices linked to the HCB necessary for their adaptation to the pandemic situation caused by COVID-19. Likewise, the new work dynamics of professionals in Child and Youth mental health, required by the health alarm situation, are reviewed. Results: During the different phases of the health crisis period caused by COVID-19 (mid-March-June 2020), the Child and adolescent Mental Health devices (acute hospital ward, emergency room, day hospital, outpatient clinics) have been progressively adapted to the requirements caused by the pandemic situation. Similarly, specialists in Child and adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology have adapted their roles to face the health emergency according to the requirements of medical and psychological care in each of the phases of the most acute period of the coronavirus pandemic. Conclusions: Mental health devices and the professionals who work in them have adapted their practice from the most acute stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic to the current moment, in a flexible and dynamic way to continue the diagnosis and treatment of minors with psychiatric pathology.
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