Mental health is an essential component of health and is more than the absence of mental disorders. It remains to be a global public health concern that affects a high proportion of children and adolescents. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for mental health treatment, care, and promotion among children and adolescents has increased. The pandemic has emphasized the importance of engaging stakeholders in education and health and enable them to address the mental health needs of children and adolescents. The Japan National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), in collaboration with the University of the Ryukyus, University of the Philippines Manila (UPM), National Center for Mental Health, and the Philippine Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (PSCAP), has been conducting training programs for child and adolescent mental health and has published two peer-reviewed articles on child and adolescent mental health. This year’s training program, entitled, “Project to reinforce medical treatment, care, and the promotion of mental health among children and adolescents”, will tackle mental health treatment, care, and promotion for children and adolescents in the time of COVID-19.
Training Objective
To share the current situation, challenges, and good practices in child and adolescent mental health care, treatment, and promotion in Japan and the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic
Training content
The training is composed of on-demand lectures on special topics related to child and adolescent mental health care, treatment, and promotion. The lectures will be delivered by experts and practitioners from Japan and the Philippines. A post-lecture assessment must be accomplished to receive the certificate of attendance for each lecture.
This project is part of the initiatives of the Bureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine towards global growth of medical technologies, systems, and services through human resource development.
