Journal of Clinical Trials
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0870
ISSN: 2167-0870
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Lingya District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Research
The Outcome of Nationwide Community Outreach Service for Child and Adolescent with Mental Disabilities and Psychiatric Disorders in Taiwan: A 6-Year Follow-up Study
Author(s): Wen-Yang Hsieh, Chao-Wei Hsu, Wen-Chi Li, Ching-Hong Tsai*, Tian-Sin Ou, Ching-Wen Chang and Cheng-Chung Chen
Objective: To improve the quality of health care, the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan start to launch a project in
June 2015, providing community outreach services and outpatient psychiatric treatment to schools, institutions for child and
adolescent patients with mental disabilities. The main purpose of this study was to analyze the development of the project and
intended to promote medical service quality for child and adolescent patients.
Methods: Service team members from eight medical centers and psychiatric hospitals in Taiwan, providing both outreach
community services and outpatient psychiatric treatment. We collected the personal information and assessment scale scores
of all patients from January 2016 to December 2021 (N=432).
Results: The findings revealed significant improvement in t.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-0870.22.12.510