Transformational Impact of Health Information Technology on the Clinical Practice of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd E. Peters
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Health Information Technology ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry

scholarly journals Classifications in child and adolescent psychiatry: A risky business?

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. 911-912
Author(s):  
Falissard B.
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Media ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Risky Business ◽  
Art Critics

Psychiatrists, like most physicians, are fascinated by their classifications. Like art critics that distinguish surrealists, cubists, hyperrealists, minimalists, etc. psychiatrists try to reveal patterns of symptoms, emotions or behaviors from the patients they see in their day-to-day practice. But psychiatric disorders are not used and determined only by psychiatrists. As pointed by P. Zachar (2015), psychiatric disorders can be considered as biological dysfunction, patterns of symptoms helpful for treatment and prognosis, categories used by health insurances, categories used by judges, words used in the media, concepts used by sociologists (“The weariness of the self”, Alain Eherenberg).We will discuss in the conference what science can say about this confusion and what clinicians should consider for their clinical practice.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Information technology for child and adolescent psychiatry

1991 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 742-744
Author(s):  
Patrick Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
South West ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Management Of Resources

The purpose of this paper is to examine existing information technology (IT) options for child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) and to propose a strategy for continuing developments in the light of current NHS policy and priorities. It is the outcome of discussions among a group of colleagues within the South West Thames Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. I offer it for discussion as the issues facing us have obvious wider relevance to the profession. The case for investment in health care IT systems has been made most recently in Working Paper 11: Framework for Information Systems (HMSO, 1989). The priorities spelled out in the paper are for management of contracts, measurement of quality of care, costing of services and management of resources.

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