Backlog of 650 children awaiting psychological assessment
There are 650 children who are awaiting psychological assessment by the Child Development Assessment Unit , the health minister had disclosed in parliament.
He said that the backlog was due to the small number of clinical psychologists, but efforts are under way to recruit more.
The minister, Joe Cassar, said the waiting time for the children was between six months and two years, depending on age and the nature and urgency of the cases.
The service is provided part-time by four psychologists, who also have other duties within the Health Department, and the ministry is seeking to recruit 12 clinical psychologists as part of its capacity building exercise.
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Lina Caruana
Apr 28th 2010, 19:35
What does not seem to be interesting is the fact that not all children need psychological service and an increase in psychological cases indicate that change must have effected families and child rearing patterns from within . This input into society is also preoccupying . It is worthwhile going into the reasons why so many children are developing psychological ailments apart from those common in the usual mental health statistics.
ABORG
Apr 28th 2010, 12:08
Dear minister, do you actually think that with a compliment of 12 psychologists (presumably full time) and 4 other pyschologists on a pt basis, this backlog of 650 can ever be reduced?
Please choose the reason of your report below: