The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project: supporting mental health treatment in primary care
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Case study. High-performing health care organization
- Contributor(s):
- Holt, Wendy. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Commonwealth Fund, [2010]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Adolescent Health Services -- organization & administration Adolescent Psychiatry -- organization & administration Child Health Services -- organization & administration Child Psychiatry -- organization & administration Health Services Accessibility Mental Health Services -- organization & administration Primary Health Care Telemedicine Adolescent Adolescent Psychiatry -- methods Child Child Psychiatry -- methods Child, Preschool Community Mental Health Services Insurance Coverage Insurance, Health Mental Health Services -- statistics & numerical data Patient Care Team Referral and Consultation State Government Telephone Young Adult Humans Massachusetts United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Massachusetts has successfully demonstrated the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP), a program that provides timely telephonic psychiatric and clinical guidance to primary care providers (PCPs) treating children with mental health problems. The program allows enrolled PCPs to get assistance for any child in their care. On the basis of an initial phone consultation, MCPAP may provide an in-person psychiatric or clinical assessment, transitional therapy, and/or facilitated linkage to community resources. Six regional teams based in academic medical centers reach out to and support enrolled PCPs in their catchment area. The program has enrolled most primary care practices, representing an estimated 95 percent of all youth in the state, and has high rates of PCP participation. PCPs report higher ratings of their ability to serve children with mental health problems as a result of the program.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101547443 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101547443