Six months.
This is the waiting time that French children and adolescents have to face to consult a child psychiatrist, according to the Defender of Rights' annual report for 2021. A figure that is hardly surprising for many specialists who have been warning for several years about the shortage of child psychiatrists in France.
A report from the Children's Council published on March 13 again points to the subject as a priority equation to be resolved: “
As of January 1, 2020, 597 child psychiatrists are listed, with an average age of 65 years.
"
The situation is urgent
," claim the health professionals interviewed by
Le Figaro
.
“
We are facing a boom in psychiatric pathologies in children and adolescents since confinement
“, explains child psychiatrist Candice Blondeau.
A report by the Court of Auditors published on Tuesday thus estimates "
that around 1.6 million children and adolescents suffer from a mental disorder
", and assesses the prevalence of all mental disorders...
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