Anna Helena Ursula Malkovskaja discusses the urgent need for improved accessibility of mental health services for children in Estonia.
In her piece, Anna Helena Ursula Malkovskaja highlights the challenges faced by children and adolescents in accessing mental health support within Estonia's healthcare system. She notes that while not all children in need of assistance require psychiatric care, the integration of a broader range of professionals into the support framework is lacking. This shortcoming in the system exacerbates the already critical mental health crisis affecting children, indicating a pressing need for systemic changes.