Medscape (7/30, Vlessides, Subscription Publication) reports, “Children who live in areas that offer statewide child psychiatric telephone consultation programs are significantly more likely to receive mental health services than their counterparts who live in states without such programs,” researchers concluded after using “weighted information on 245,512 children and adolescents (aged five to 17 years) from 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2016 to identify those who received mental health services.” The study revealed that “compared to 2003, children in 2016 were 37% more likely to receive mental health services.” The findings were published online June 27 in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Call-In Consults the Answer to Severe Child Psychiatrist Shortage?, “Michael Vlessides, Medscape, July 30, 2019