Abstract
Families bring concerns about behavioral health in their children to their pediatric primary care providers. New models of primary care are integrating behavioral health screening, assessment, monitoring, and treatment into office practice. The Pediatric Medical Home is such a model utilizing care coordination to ensure attention to the whole child. Resources created by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry are available to support this practice transformation. A variety of integration models are described including co-location of behavioral health professionals and video and telephone consultations. Barriers, including reimbursement issues, training needs, space considerations, and family and medical team comfort, all will need to be addressed to make integrated care a reality. The Affordable Care Act with its support for accountable care organizations may help build integrated pediatric care and support the pediatric medical home as the location of both medical and behavioral health care for children and families.
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Sarvet, B., Sargent, J. (2014). Integrating Child Psychiatric Care. In: Summergrad, P., Kathol, R. (eds) Integrated Care in Psychiatry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0688-8_9
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