Competence exchange Cambodia 鈥� Norway in child and adolescent mental health
The project 鈥淐ompetence exchange Cambodia 鈥� Norway in child and adolescent mental health鈥� has lasted 12 years and include a 14 days annual visit to Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Phnom Penh from a Norwegian team.
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The Global Mental Health Research Group supports the team, represented by听Gunn Aadland (pediatrician) and Marit Hafting (child and adolescent psychiatrist) and Krister Fjermestad (psychologist) on听their clinical support visits to Cambodia.
Their annual visit includes听joint supervision and workshops at听Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CCAMH).听CCAMH听is an NGO that has听more than 5000 consultation every year form 18 provinces in Cambodia, thus being of regional importance for competence and management of child mental health problems.
The Norwegian academicians and听clinicians plan, conduct and report the workshops with their Cambodian partners including听different departments of the CCAMH and collaborating organizations.
The workshops focus on selected topics every year considered academically and clinically relevant. Clinical skill development in managing children with听problems are of key importance. The Global Mental Health research group supports this skill transfer and see this as听one interesting听model to strengthen Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child mental health听globally and enhance skill transfer.
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About the project
Project name: Competence exchange Cambodia 鈥� Norway in child and adolescent mental health
Coordinator: , Global Mental Health Research Group member, is the coordinator of the long term collaboration
Partner: Dr Bhoomikumar Jegannathan, Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, program director/child psychiatrist
