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A Child Psychiatry Consultation Model (CPCM) offering primary care providers (PCPs) expedited access to outpatient child psychiatric consultation regarding management in primary care would allow more children to access mental health services. Yet, little is known about outpatient CPCMs. This pilot study describes an outpatient CPCM for 22 PCPs in a large Northeast Florida county. PCPs referred 81 patients, of which 60 were appropriate for collaborative management and 49 were subsequently seen for outpatient psychiatric consultation. The most common psychiatric diagnoses following consultation were anxiety (57%), ADHD (53%), and depression (39%). Over half (57%) of the patients seen for consultation were discharged to their PCP with appropriate treatment recommendations, and only a small minority (10%) of patients required long-term care by a psychiatrist. This CPCM helped child psychiatrists collaborate with PCPs to deliver mental health services for youth. The CPCM should be considered for adaptation and dissemination.
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This study was funded by the Nemours Foundation and by a grant awarded to the principal investigator through Managed Access to Child Health, a grantee of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) grant, no. 5U79SM059939-04.
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Fallucco, E.M., Blackmore, E.R., Bejarano, C.M. et al. Collaborative Care: a Pilot Study of a Child Psychiatry Outpatient Consultation Model for Primary Care Providers. J Behav Health Serv Res 44, 386–398 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-016-9513-z
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