Open AccessBarriers and Challenges in Seeking Psychiatric Intervention in a General Hospital, by the Collaborative Child Response Unit, (A Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Handling Child Abuse) A Qualitative Analysis
Author(s) -
Vyjayanthi Kanugodu Srinivasa Subramaniyan,
Anukant Mital,
Chandrika Rao,
Girish Chandra
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.198957
Subject(s) - psychiatry , unit (ring theory) , multidisciplinary approach , medicine , intervention (counseling) , child protection , sexual abuse , child sexual abuse , focus group , suicide prevention , poison control , psychology , nursing , medical emergency , social science , mathematics education , marketing , sociology , business
Child abuse is a serious criminal act against children in our country and punishable according to protection of children from sexual offenses act 2012. No one agency has the ability to respond completely to the abuse. Hence a multidisciplinary team approach was developed in India. Aim is to narrate the collaborative effort among the multiple disciplines in a general hospital to deliver child protection services and explore the barriers to integrate psychiatric services.