Healthcare Innovation March 27, 2024
After screening, children and teens identified as struggling with depression or anxiety can speak to a mental health professional in the same office, often on the same day
Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego has released promising results from a pilot program that embeds mental health clinicians in pediatric primary care practices.
Preliminary results of the program, published in the November 2023 issue of Frontiers in Psychiatry, indicate that patient response to therapy has resulted in a 62 percent decrease in depression symptoms and a 44 percent reduction in anxiety symptoms.
The pediatric mental health crisis continues to grow at an exponential rate. Rady Children’s pointed out that the American Academy of Pediatrics has declared the mental health crisis among children...
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