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Behavioral Health Care For Children: The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project

Straus, John H., Sarvet, Barry·2014·Health Affairs

Abstract

Access to behavioral health care for children is essential to achieving good health care outcomes. Pediatric primary care providers have an essential role to play in identifying and treating behavioral health problems in children. However, they lack adequate training and resources and thus have generally been unable to meet children's need for behavioral health care. The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project has addressed this problem by delivering telephone child psychiatry consultations and specialized care coordination support to over 95 percent of the pediatric primary care providers in Massachusetts. Established in 2004, the project consists of six regional hubs, each of which has one full-time-equivalent child psychiatrist, licensed therapist, and care coordinator. Collectively, the hubs are available to over 95 percent of the 1.5 million children in Massachusetts. In fiscal year 2013 the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project served 10,553 children. Pediatric primary care providers enrolled in the project reported a dramatic improvement in their ability to meet the psychiatric needs of their patients. Telephone child psychiatry consultation programs for pediatric primary care providers, many modeled after the Massachusetts project, have spread across the United States.

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Authors
Straus, J. H., & Sarvet, B.
Affiliations
  • John H. Straus ( ) is a pediatrician and medical director for special projects, Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, a ValueOptions company, in Boston.
  • Baystate Health (US)
Venue
Health Affairs
Published
2014-12
Volume
33
Issue
12
Pages
2153-2161
ISSN
  • 0278-2715 (ISSN-L)
  • 1544-5208
OpenAlex
W1980144416
Cited by
99
References
11
Citations by year
2025: 7 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 3 · 2012: 1
FWCI
13.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Health Affairs (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Child and Adolescent Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
child psychiatry, access to mental health care, pediatric primary care, telephone consultation, care coordination, child mental health, models of care, primary care provider training
MeSH terms
Child, Child Behavior Disorders, Child Health Services, Child Psychiatry, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Massachusetts, Pediatrics, Models, Organizational

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