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Expert Team in Your Back Pocket: Recommendations From a Pediatric Mental Health Access Program

Published:2023-03-07 Issue:10 Volume:62 Page:1217-1228
ISSN:0009-9228
Container-title:Clinical Pediatrics
language:en
Short-container-title:Clin Pediatr (Phila)

Author:

Harris Kari¹,Aguila Gonzalez Amanda I.²^ORCID,Vuong Ngoc X.¹,Singh Nikita³,Brown Rachel⁴,Ciccolari Micaldi Susanna⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pediatrics, The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, KS, USA

2. Department of Population Health, The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, KS, USA

3. Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA

4. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, KS, USA

Abstract

Nationwide challenges with the lack of access to mental health care for youth have prompted efforts to integrate mental health into pediatric primary care. Kansas Kids Mental Health Access Program (KSKidsMAP) was developed to promote mental health workforce development through primary-care practitioners (PCPs) by offering free access to consultations, training, and care coordination. Kansas Kids Mental Health Access Program, a federally funded pediatric mental health care access program (PMHCA), is highly interprofessional in nature, and recommendations reflect the team composition and collaboration efforts. Therefore, a mixed-methods study was conducted to assess the type of recommendations provided to PCPs who requested case consultation services. Seven themes were identified: (1) psychotherapy; (2) diagnostic evaluation; (3) community resources; (4) pharmacotherapy; (5) patient resources and toolkits; (6) education; and (7) other health recommendations. This study highlights the multifaceted approach of KSKidsMAP in addressing PCPs’ pediatric mental health concerns.

Funder

maternal and child health bureau

health resources and services administration

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00099228231154122

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