Children constitute 40% of India’s population. Large number of children with psychiatric disorders and neurodevelopmental conditions are unable to access mental health services due to factors such as unavailability of these services in smaller urban and rural centres and lack of training for primary care providers. Given the relatively easy access to video conferencing technology, feasibility and acceptability of Telepsychiatry, there is an urgent need to invest resources and strengthen the use of Telepsychiatry for child and adolescent mental health training and serviced delivery . This viewpoint article discusses the need,scope,experiences and challenges related to use of Telepsychiatry in the area of child mental health.

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为儿童和青少年提供精神卫生服务的远程精神病学

儿童占印度人口的40％。由于诸如在较小的城市和乡村中心无法提供这些服务以及缺乏对初级保健提供者的培训等因素，许多患有精神病和神经发育状况的儿童无法获得心理健康服务。鉴于远程会议的视频会议技术，可行性和可接受性相对容易获得，因此迫切需要投资资源并加强远程精神病学在儿童和青少年心理健康培训和服务提供方面的使用。这篇观点文章讨论了在儿童心理健康领域使用远程精神病学的需求，范围，经验和挑战。