Policies, resource allocation, and interventions for child and adolescent mental health in low- and middle-income countries in the Western Pacific Region: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) has become an increasingly important public health issue worldwide and particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the Western Pacific Region (WPR), where access to quality mental health care remains limited. The existing evidence on CAMH in the region is fragmented and insufficient for guiding further development and improvements in CAMH services. Against this background, we conducted a scoping review to provide the most recent evidence of the resources (legal, financial, human, infrastructural) allocated to CAMH and the effectiveness of CAMH interventions in the 15 LMICs of the region, consisting of Cambodia, China, Fiji, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, the Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islan

SUBMITTER: Long J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12541149 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature