The Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System for rare events and disorders: highlighting the need for an international network for surveillance
Commonly occurring mental health disorders have been well studied in terms of epidemiology, presentation, risk factors and management. However, rare or uncommon mental health disorders and events are harder to study. One way to do this is active surveillance. This article summarises how the Royal Co...
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| description | Commonly occurring mental health disorders have been well studied in terms of epidemiology, presentation, risk factors and management. However, rare or uncommon mental health disorders and events are harder to study. One way to do this is active surveillance. This article summarises how the Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System was developed, as well as the key studies that have used the system and their impact, to make the case for a wider international surveillance unit for child and adolescent psychiatry. Keeping this surveillance active in different populations across the globe will add to existing knowledge and understanding of these uncommon disorders and events. This will in turn help in developing better frameworks for the identification and management for these disorders and events. It will also facilitate the sharing of ideas regarding current methodology, ethics, the most appropriate means of evaluating units and their potential applications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8a59bb5896f94cab8b88f1918f4b62962025-01-30T12:42:53ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych International2056-47402058-62642025-02-0122151810.1192/bji.2024.36The Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System for rare events and disorders: highlighting the need for an international network for surveillanceMuthukrishnan Venkatesan0Eleanor Smith1Marinos Kyriakopoulos2Aditya Narain Sharma3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4632-4521Speciality Trainee in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Newcastle and Gateshead Children and Young People's Service – Newcastle and Gateshead, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKConsultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorders Service, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKAssistant Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1st Department of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Visiting Senior Lecturer, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UKClinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle on Tyne, UK. Email:Commonly occurring mental health disorders have been well studied in terms of epidemiology, presentation, risk factors and management. However, rare or uncommon mental health disorders and events are harder to study. One way to do this is active surveillance. This article summarises how the Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System was developed, as well as the key studies that have used the system and their impact, to make the case for a wider international surveillance unit for child and adolescent psychiatry. Keeping this surveillance active in different populations across the globe will add to existing knowledge and understanding of these uncommon disorders and events. This will in turn help in developing better frameworks for the identification and management for these disorders and events. It will also facilitate the sharing of ideas regarding current methodology, ethics, the most appropriate means of evaluating units and their potential applications.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056474024000369/type/journal_articleChild and adolescent psychiatryepidemiologylongitudinal datarare disorders and eventsglobal mental health |
| spellingShingle | Muthukrishnan Venkatesan Eleanor Smith Marinos Kyriakopoulos Aditya Narain Sharma The Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System for rare events and disorders: highlighting the need for an international network for surveillance BJPsych International Child and adolescent psychiatry epidemiology longitudinal data rare disorders and events global mental health |
| title | The Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System for rare events and disorders: highlighting the need for an international network for surveillance |
| title_full | The Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System for rare events and disorders: highlighting the need for an international network for surveillance |
| title_fullStr | The Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System for rare events and disorders: highlighting the need for an international network for surveillance |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System for rare events and disorders: highlighting the need for an international network for surveillance |
| title_short | The Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System for rare events and disorders: highlighting the need for an international network for surveillance |
| title_sort | royal college of psychiatrists child and adolescent psychiatry surveillance system for rare events and disorders highlighting the need for an international network for surveillance |
| topic | Child and adolescent psychiatry epidemiology longitudinal data rare disorders and events global mental health |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056474024000369/type/journal_article |
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