Considerations for Using Telemental Health Services for Children and Youth Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief (2021) / Chapter Skim
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Considerations for Using Telemental Health Services for Children and Youth: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
Considerations for Using Telemental Health Services for Children and Youth: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
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Program.2 She described the purpose of the program as fourfold: 1. to promote behavioral health integration in pediatric primary care by supporting the development of new or the improvement of existing statewide or regional pediatric mental health care telehealth access programs; 2.
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Reddy reported that primary care providers have said that being part of these programs provides support they did not feel they had before, and it has increased their confidence in addressing pediatric behavioral health concerns. Reddy shared a quote from one participating provider: "I believe [this program]
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TELEMENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES The second day of the workshop began with opening remarks from Arpan Waghray, chief medical officer of Well Being Trust and executive medical director for behavioral health at Swedish Health Ser 4 For more information, see https://www.selfsea.org/.
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Hughes noted that this was largely because Medicaid and Medicare, which are the largest payers for Johns Hopkins, required patients and providers to be at specific sites for telehealth services. In response to the pandemic, temporary regulatory changes allowed Johns Hopkins to increase telehealth visits hugely, to almost 100,000 in May 2020.
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Program at Children's Hospital of Alabama.5 In the PATHS model, the clinical team consists of child psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, licensed independent social workers, and licensed professional counselors. This team develops connections with pediatric rural primary care providers so they are better able to support the behavioral health needs of their patients.
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Building on this idea of learning from the pandemic, Hughes discussed temporary waivers that allowed for increased telehealth services during the pandemic. For example, providers who live in Maryland or Virginia but typically see patients in Washington, DC, were able to provide telemental health services to their patients from their homes.
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. This is a behavioral health initiative that makes sense." In addition to NC-PAL, Sendak's team provides formal training in evidence-based pediatric mental health guidelines for primary care providers across the state.
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Through WorkWell Kansas, six health care clinics participated in workshops, assessments, and technical assistance to implement worksite wellness programs. The Institute for Physician Wellness offered a daylong wellness retreat for primary care providers, as well as hour-long weekly wellness coaching calls.
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Many of the speakers highlighted the increased access to behavioral health services as a result of the expansion of telehealth services and noted that this increased access will be critical in combating the current pediatric mental health crisis. While there are still some challenges that need to be addressed, the speakers expressed the hope that telemental health services will continue to be part of the strategy for providing behavioral and mental health services to children and youth.
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Department of Health and Human Services. Additional support came from the American Academy of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Association, Family Voices, the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice, the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice, the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Well Being Trust, and ZERO TO THREE.
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