Bir Çocuk Psikiyatri Kliniği Deneyimi: COVID-19 Pandemi Sürecinde Telepsikiyatri Hizmeti ile Başvuran Olguların İncelenmesi

Translated title of the contribution: Investigation of Admitted Cases with Telepsychiatry Service in the COVID-19 Pandemic Process: A Child Psychiatry Clinic Experience

Burcu Yıldırım Budak*, E. Başak Usta Gündüz, Nuran Gözpınar, Süleyman Çakıroğlu, Vahdet Görmez

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Abstract

Objectives: The aim of our study is to evaluate the admissions of children, adolescents and families, the general well-being of children and their daily functionality, with the Coronavirus Support Program (KORDEP) psychological support service infrastructure, which is a telemedicine service in the pandemic. Materials and Methods: The sample for our study consisted of every child and adolescent between the ages of 0-18 who was referred to us through the KORDEP computer-based system between May 2020-February 2021. Children and adolescents aged 6-18 years were interviewed for general psychiatric evaluation and possible psychiatric diagnoses and has been Clinical Global Impressions, Children’s Global Assesment Scale, Kiddie-schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia-present and lifetime version (K-SADS-PL). Clinically relevant questions were asked of diagnoses that couldn’t be tested with K-SADS-PL and children under age of six. Results: It was determined that 81.6% of the 77 applications evaluated had a psychiatric diagnosis.The most common diagnosis was specific phobia (28.6%). It was followed by generalized anxiety disorder (24.7%), attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (24.7%), depression(19.5%), dysthymia (18.2%), oppositional defiant disorder (15.6%), social phobia (15.6%), obsessive compulsive disorder (13%), separation anxiety disorder (13%), misophonia (9.1%), enuresis (6.5%), tic disorder (6.5%), panic disorder (5.2%). When the clinical diagnoses and reasons for admission of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)-positive, isolated patients were compared to those of COVID-19-negative, not isolated patients, there was no significant difference between the two groups. Conclusion: Since children and adolescents are a vulnerable group in terms of mental health, the use of telepsychiatry in challenging situations like pandemics would assist lessen the burden of mental health problems. There is a need to enhance telepsychiatry services for crisis circumstances where the demand for mental health services increases in the future.

Translated title of the contributionInvestigation of Admitted Cases with Telepsychiatry Service in the COVID-19 Pandemic Process: A Child Psychiatry Clinic Experience
Original languageTurkish
Pages (from-to)181-188
Number of pages8
JournalTurkish Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Volume30
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Telepsychiatry
  • adolescent
  • child
  • mental health
  • pandemic

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