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The collaborative care model: Improving access to children's mental health care
Author(s) -
LaVille Thoren Kennedy,
VistaWayne Joyce
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/jcap.12309
Subject(s) - mental health , collaborative care , nursing , economic shortage , health care , primary care , medicine , mental health care , medical education , psychology , family medicine , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , economics , economic growth
Current accessibility to child and adolescent mental health services is negatively affected by the shortage of mental health providers. The primary care provider or pediatrician is in a key position to identify behavioral health concerns, coordinate services, and provide treatment to the patient. Aim This project aimed to improve access to children's mental health care by creating and implementing an educational course on the collaborative care model (CoCM), a model of integrated care that embeds mental health professionals into the primary care setting. Methods Pre‐ and post‐surveys were embedded in the online CoCM course to track course completion, identify clinical staff knowledge, and identify clinical staff interest in implementing the CoCM in practice. Results Following project implementation, clinical staffs’ responses from the pre‐ and post‐surveys represented an increase in knowledge and interest in implementing the CoCM in practice after taking the online course. Conclusion This project suggests further exploration of funding and planning to implement a pilot of the CoCM in a primary care practice setting.