Depression and anxiety are leading causes of morbidity in children and adolescents worldwide. In Pakistan, young people are exposed to many chronic adversities including violence, social and economic inequalities, and are at greater risk of developing mental health problems. Yet there is a lack of trained human resources, in‐patient child and adolescent mental healthcare facilities, and training opportunities in child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health in Pakistan. Given the poor economic condition of the country, which has been made even worse by the COVID‐19 pandemic, it is very unlikely that dedicated resources will be made available in near future to develop specialist child and adolescent mental health services in Pakistan. To bridge this treatment gap, we propose a multitiered, transdiagnostic, task‐shifting strategy‐based model for child and adolescent mental health services in Pakistan.

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辩论：巴基斯坦的儿童和青少年心理健康服务；我们是否需要为儿童和青少年提供住院精神卫生设施？

抑郁和焦虑是全球儿童和青少年发病的主要原因。在巴基斯坦，年轻人面临许多长期逆境，包括暴力、社会和经济不平等，并且更容易出现心理健康问题。然而，巴基斯坦缺乏训练有素的人力资源、住院儿童和青少年精神保健设施以及儿童和青少年精神病学和精神健康方面的培训机会。鉴于该国经济状况不佳，COVID-19 大流行使情况变得更糟，因此不太可能在不久的将来提供专门的资源来在巴基斯坦发展专业的儿童和青少年心理健康服务。为了弥合这一治疗差距，我们提出了一种多层次的、跨诊断的、