Abstract
OPINION article Front. Psychol., 09 September 2020Sec. Educational Psychology Volume 11 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02193
Highlights
Livio Provenzi 1*, Serena Grumi 1 and Renato Borgatti 1,2 on behalf of Mondino EnFORCE (Engaging with Families through Online Rehabilitation for Children during the Emergency) Group
The Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious respiratory illness (Sohrabi et al, 2020) that following an initial outbreak in China is rapidly spreading worldwide
Fragile and at-risk people—such as children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their parents—are especially exposed to psychological stress related to the Covid-19 contagion and the lockdown (Provenzi and Tronick, 2020; Provenzi et al, 2020)
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic is asking specialists in the field of child neuropsychiatry and rehabilitation to at least partially shift to tele-medicine programs. This unprecedented period of healthcare and socio-economic crisis can become an opportunity (Provenzi and Barello, 2020). Telemedicine strategies in developmental neuropsychiatry should not be considered as an emergency response only. As telemedicine makes healthcare services accessible by underserved and resource-constrained communities (Andreassen and Dyb, 2010; Khilnani et al, 2020), this is an unmissable occasion to create new bridges to reduce inequalities in healthcare for children and families. Even when we will be able to consider this emergency passed, tele-medicine solutions are warranted to be a positive heritage of our virtuous response to the current pandemic
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