Jaume Cañellas Galindo

Jaume Cañellas i Galindo is a psychiatrist, born in Barcelona on 29 November 1965. Doctor in Medicine and Surgery at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Specialist in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the University of Montpellier in the Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier. Psychotherapist of the I.P.S.

He was the first Spanish and Catalan doctor member of the "Conseil de l'Ordre des Medecins" (Hérault) in France, 1986. After completing their training in France, he returned to Spain and worked in the field of public medicine adult and child and adolescent. He directed the Center for Mental Health Martorell (Barcelona) and was a member of the Commission on Teaching and Research in the area of health Coast Ponent (Barcelona). Later he created and directed the first service of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology of the Alliance of Girona. He founded and directed the Gironí Institute of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology (Girona), from 1995 to 1998.

He is a member of the International Group of Trainers in medical care Perinatal Psychology of the Ministry of Health French, based in Montpellier, since 1990 and founding member of the French Association for the Study and Training in medical care of Perinatal Psychological Disorders, Based in Narbonne, since 1991.

It was the first psychiatrist of child and adolescent, also of the first Mental Health Center Child and Adolescent Catalan Health Service, a pioneer in the province of Girona. Definitively established in the capital city of Girona since 1990.

The Platform for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Spain

Since 1989 Dr. Jaume Cañellas i Galindo, claimed publicly that the specialty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is essential to prevent mental illness of adults. In this sense, says that data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that a third of all internationally classified mental disorders (DSM IV TR and ICD-10) are produced specifically in childhood and adolescence, although there are other disorders such as neurotic or schizophrenia, which usually start in these stages of life. It adds that over eighty percent of all mental illnesses in adults, have their roots in childhood and / or adolescence.

Finally in 2007, Dr. Jaume Cañellas, along with several associations, families whose children have mental disorders detected and other child psychiatrists, driving the creation of the first Platform for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Spain.

This Platform part of the premise that mental illness in childhood and adolescence have specific characteristics that, by themselves justify the existence of a medical specialty itself, since it is not known whether psycho-affective development and peculiar psychiatric characteristics to the child and adolescent stage, could be overlooked aspects in the future could become severe mental disorders or diseases in adults.

Jaume Cañellas further recalls that the international association for Psychiatry of children and adolescents and related professions (IACAPAP) recommends, from the Declaration of Budapest from 14 May 1992, that each nation carries out a plan for the recognition and support the specialty of psychiatry of children and adolescents, clinical psychology and related professions relating to the mental development of children.

This lack of specification of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , according to Jaume Cañellas ago in Spain that historically there is a high incidence of overdiagnosis and infradiagnosis of children with mental disorders or diseases. Because you can not leave the child and adolescent mental health in the hands of professionals who are not specialized in this field.

The Minister of Health agrees to create the specialty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

The Minister of Health, Bernat Soria, announced on April 6th of the year 2009 the creation of the medical specialty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, whose first training places could be ready for the call Internal Medical Residents (MIR) 2011-2012.

According to the detailed Soria, the creation of this specialty will be proposed to the autonomous communities in the National Commission on Human Resources of the National Health System (SNS), which will be followed by all the development standards until final approval.

According to data of Health, between 10 and 20 percent of this population group suffers from some mental pathology in Spain, of which 6 per cent have a serious mental disorder.

Written work

  • La personalidad anaclitodepresiva limite ( 2005)
  • Migration and Mental Health (1994)
  • Risk Pregnancy (1990)
  • L´enfant hyperkinétique et son échec scolaire (1989)
  • Estimulación precoz en el Sindrome de Down (1982)

References

  • C.H.U. Faculty of Medicine / University of Montpellier I: "Psychiatrie / Option Pédopsychiatrie - Dr.Cañellas Galindo, Jaume" (1989)
  • DSM IV i ICD 10 (WHO): Child and adolescent mental illness / (IACAPAP): Budapest Declaration (05-1992)
  • Archives of the Journal of Girona: The first Service of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology - Alliance of Girona (1995)
  • Healthcare Institute of Girona (IAS) No 26. Feature on the Mental Health Center Child and Adolescent of health Catalan Service in Girona (05-2002)
  • Contemporary History of Catalonia - Medical Specialties 2nd part. "Editorial Personatges de Catalunya S.L." (2005)
  • Archives of the La Vanguardia: Health: "Jaume Cañellas" (01-2007).
  • Psiquiatria and Interpsiquis: Scientific Committee on Children and Adolescents - Directories / 681 / p.1 (02-2007)
  • Archives of the Punt Diari (CG): No 3981. Year XII - (2007)
  • Epoca Magazine: No 1164: In Spain there is no specialization of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (09-2007)
  • Archives of the Europe Press: Platform for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Spain (09-2007)

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