FROM MY COUNCIL ON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS NEWSLETTER:
Report - Strategies to Support the Integration of Mental Health into Pediatric Primary Care
The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation is pleased to release an issue paper, Strategies to Support the Integration of Mental Health into Pediatric Primary Care, examining the landscape for mental health service delivery to children, including a discussion of the role of federal and state agencies, as well as public and private insurance. With the aim of informing and facilitating discussions on how mental health care can be fully integrated into pediatric primary care, the issue brief reviews information on mental health programs, practices and guidelines and discusses strategies health plans can utilize to improve early identification and treatment for children in primary care. To view the report visit here.
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I support the discussion to integrate mental health care in the pediatric primary care settings. I would like to know how many primary care offices have a counselor on staff to evaluate and to prescreen children for mental health issues.
Also, I would like to see more collaboration between school districts and pediatric primary care offices working together to get mental health services and treatment for children identified with mental health issues as well as for their parents. Early prevention is important in preventing terrible tragedies from happening in scools and in our communities across the commonwealth.
Robbin Miller
Private Practitioner
www.robbinmiller.vpweb.com
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