Gaps Between Knowledge, Services, and Needs

Abstract

Child and adolescent mental disorders are prevalent and impairing conditions with low rates of treatment. Even though there are a variety of evidence-based interventions to treat mental disorders, several barriers prevent children and adolescents from receiving mental health care. Gaps between knowledge, services, and needs could be considered the main reason behind this problem. In this chapter, we discuss how traditional and innovative strategies could help tackle this challenge. Epidemiology is an indispensable tool to assess needs for child and adolescent mental health care and help plan services. Active screening in multiple contexts using different approaches can assist in detecting cases. But a continuum of mental health care, from traditional interventions to innovative treatments delivered by digital technology and a variety of professionals, is needed to meet

The call for an “educational footprint” in conceptualizing mental health and psychosocial support: the case of Norwegian kindergarten teachers

“…Some pinpoint the need for a more standardized conceptual basis in the programs ( Bangpan et al, 2016 ; Augustinavicius et al, 2018 ). Some shortcomings of the MHPSS can be explained as a lack of consideration of the gaps between knowledge, services, and adjustments to actual local needs ( Fatori and Polanczyk, 2020 ; Soneson et al, 2020 ). Furthermore, some emphasize the lack of interprofessional collaboration across community sectors such as health, social services, and education as a reason for possible failures of effective interventions ( Lund et al, 2013 ; Sashidharan et al, 2016 ).…”