Primary care practices caring for child and adolescent patients can develop routine social-emotional screenings for their entire patient population. These practices are well positioned to identify and address pediatric mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, substance use disorder or suicide risk.
In fact, physicians who serve youth are likely the first (and often only) professionals who encounter the 68% of American children who have experienced trauma, and those physicians have the greatest potential for early identification and response.
Learn more
- Resource: Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Compendium
- Practice guides:
- Webinar: Tackling the Youth Mental Health Crisis
- Podcast: The Waco Guide to Psychopharmacology in Primary Care
