TY - JOUR
T1 - Academic-Community Partnership to Improve Pediatric Mental Health Access
T2 - Missouri Child Psychiatry Access Project
AU - Ramtekkar, Ujjwal
AU - Maras, Melissa
AU - Ell, Wendy
AU - Nicol, Ginger
AU - Young-Walker, Laine
PY - 2022/5/1
Y1 - 2022/5/1
N2 - Because of significant shortages in the behavioral health workforce, primary care providers (PCPs) have become the de facto mental health providers to address poor access to mental health care. Child psychiatry access programs (CPAPs) could support PCPs through case consultations. This column describes the innovative Missouri Child Psychiatry Access Project, highlighting the unique enhancements to existing CPAPs and the partnership between community and academic settings to support behavioral health access in primary care. Using an implementation science approach, the authors applied the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, maintenance) framework to disseminate replicable steps for other systems; they also discuss future directions for expanding utility and scope.
AB - Because of significant shortages in the behavioral health workforce, primary care providers (PCPs) have become the de facto mental health providers to address poor access to mental health care. Child psychiatry access programs (CPAPs) could support PCPs through case consultations. This column describes the innovative Missouri Child Psychiatry Access Project, highlighting the unique enhancements to existing CPAPs and the partnership between community and academic settings to support behavioral health access in primary care. Using an implementation science approach, the authors applied the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, maintenance) framework to disseminate replicable steps for other systems; they also discuss future directions for expanding utility and scope.
KW - Child psychiatry/general
KW - Community consultation
KW - Individual programs
KW - Primary care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85129780776&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1176/appi.ps.202100074
DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.202100074
M3 - Article
C2 - 34470505
AN - SCOPUS:85129780776
SN - 1075-2730
VL - 73
SP - 588
EP - 591
JO - Psychiatric Services
JF - Psychiatric Services
IS - 5
ER -