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Rev. Fac. Med. (Bogotá) ; 60(3): 53-61, set.-dic. 2012. ilus, graf, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-669249

ABSTRACT

Antecedentes. En Colombia, algunos hospitales públicos ofrecían el servicio de hospital de día de psiquiatría para niños y adolescentes. La gran mayoría fueron cerrados a finales del año 2009. Esta población, asumió la búsqueda de atención para sus hijos, sometiéndose a múltiples recorridos administrativos y jurídicos para poder recibir una atención en salud mental. Objetivos. Describir qué sucedió con los niños y adolescentes que asistían a los hospitales de día, cómo se encuentran ahora y los trámites que han seguido para acceder a los servicios de salud mental. Material y métodos. Se obtuvo una base de datos de 160 pacientes de un hospital de día de niños y adolescentes del año 2007. Por medio de una entrevista telefónica, se explicaba el objetivo del estudio y se citaban a una entrevista semiestructurada entre abril y junio del 2011 para identificar los pasos que han seguido para acceder a los servicios de salud mental. Resultado. De 160 pacientes se pudieron contactar a 24 pacientes vía telefónica, sólo asistieron a la entrevista 8. Las madres referían que todos habían mejorado y estaban muy satisfechas con el tratamiento. Actualmente cinco estaban peor y se evidenciaron importantes barreras para el acceso a consulta especializada. Conclusiones. En promedio los pacientes tardan dos meses en obtener una cita con un especialista en salud mental. De esta forma aun siendo menores de edad presentan barreras administrativas que limitan el rápido, fácil y oportuno acceso al servicio de salud mental.


Background. Some public hospitals' in Colombia offered a day hospital psychiatric service for children and adolescents; most were closed at the end of 2009. This population took on the search for gaining attention for their children; they were submitted to a lot of administrative and legal bureaucracy to be able to receive mental health attention. Objectives. Describing what happened to the children and adolescents attending day hospitals, their present status and the procedures/paperwork involved in being able to gain access to health mental services. Materials and Methods. A 2007 database concerning 160 patients was obtained from a day hospital for children and adolescents. The study's object was explained by telephone interview and the patients' mothers were invited to attend a semi-structured interview between April and June 2011 to identify the steps which they had had to follow to gain access to mental health services. Result. Just 24 of the 160 patients could be contacted by telephone; only 8 of them came for an interview. The mothers stated that all the children had improved and that they were very satisfied with the treatment at the time. At the time of the interview, five of them were worse and the parents were experiencing important barriers to gaining access to specialised consultation. Conclusions. Patients took two months on average to obtain an appointment with a health mental specialist. So, even though being minors, their parents had to face administrative barriers limiting rapid, easy and early access to a mental health service.

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