Paediatric rehabilitation in Italy

Abstract

In Italy, paediatric rehabilitation is part of the activity of services for neurological and psychiatric diseases in childhood and adolescence. These services (UONPIA) have an integrated, multi-professional, child- and family-oriented approach to paediatric disabling conditions. At present, inadequate territorial distribution of services, shortage of resources and need of epidemiological monitoring and specific designs of bio-medical research are the main problems.

• Neuropsychiatry of childhood and adolescence
• biopsychosocial approach
• evidence-based interventions