There is a significant gap between mental health service coverage and the need for these services in China. In particular, workforce shortages impair several aspects of China's national mental health service system, including access to timely diagnosis and treatment in rural areas, expansion of general hospital psychiatric consultation-liaison services, and leadership in establishing a collaborative stepped-care system. This column focuses on China's ongoing efforts to develop its mental health workforce to ensure a sustainable supply of psychiatrists and allied mental health professionals.
Big data holds immense potential for innovation and new understanding in research, evaluation, practice, and policy related to young children and their families. Although big data is a relatively new concept, particularly in early intervention systems (EI), recent pushes for data systems alignment in EI and education have propelled the use of large-scale integrated data systems in recent years (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services & the U.S. Department of Education, 2016). This combined with a plethora of new and rapidly increasing data sources has created a new data world. In response, research methodology, ethics, and tools need to be examined to ensure developmentally appropriate and ethical practices in research. A mixed methods systematic scoping review was conducted to gain a foundational understanding of the literature on big data use in EI settings. Strengths, challenges, systems-level needs, and implications for researchers, administrators, and policy makers are included.
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