Closing the gap in access to child mental health care: provider feedback from the Wisconsin Child Psychiatry Consultation Program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental illnesses are common among children and negatively impact wellbeing during childhood as well as later in life. However, many children with these conditions are not able to access needed mental health care. The Wisconsin Child Psychiatry Consultation Program (WI CPCP) was created to reduce gaps in access to care by providing primary care providers with referral resources, access to behavioral health consultations, and training on mental health topics.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was 1) to assess the effectiveness of the WI CPCP in Milwaukee County, providing specific insights into provider's ability to care for child mental health, and 2) identify challenges Milwaukee PCPs faced in providing mental health care to child patients and contextualize the

SUBMITTER: Daskalska L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11323596 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature