Psychiatric News (11/29) reports pediatric healthcare professionals “made more calls to two state programs seeking advice on how to treat youth with mental illness, especially those with comorbid conditions, during the COVID-19 pandemic than before the pandemic,” investigators concluded after examining “trends in the types of calls received by” the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access programs supporting “PCPs in Maryland and Mississippi between January (Maryland) or September (Mississippi) 2019 and March 2021.” The study revealed that “both programs experienced an uptick in call volume starting in April 2020, when the pandemic took hold in the United States, especially calls involving depression and anxiety.” The findings were published online Nov. 29 in Psychiatric Services, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
Related Links:
— “PCPs Sought Advice More Often on Youth Mental Illness First Year of Pandemic, Psychiatric News, November 29, 2021