9.4 child psychiatry consultation clinic for primary care pediatricians: long-term outcomes

There is a great need for new clinical models to address the gap between the high prevalence of youth with untreated mental health problems and the national shortage of child psychiatrists. Pediatricians have been called upon to lessen this gap but require additional training. The goals of this study were to pilot an outpatient child psychiatry consultation clinic (CPCC) designed to empower pediatricians to care for youth with mild-to-moderate mental health problems and to determine provider satisfaction as well as clinical outcomes.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research