Promoting Treatment Access Following Pediatric Primary Care Depression Screening: Randomized Trial of Web-Based, Single-Session Interventions for Parents and Youths

Major depression in youth is a serious psychiatric illness with extensive acute and chronic morbidity and mortality.1 In 2018, the American Academy of Pediatrics released updated practice guidelines promoting screening of youth depression in primary care (PC) clinics across the country, representing a critical step towards increasing early depression detection.2 However, the challenge of bridging screening with service access remains. Even when diagnosed by PC providers,
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Study Registration Source Type: research