"Child Psychiatry Access: Providing a Bridge to Mental Health Care"
Donald Pierce, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Melissa Cyperski, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Danielle McDonough, LCSW
Social Worker, Partial Hospitalization Program
Vanderbilt Behavioral Health
Meg Benningfield, MD
Division Director
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Objectives
The activity is designed to help the learner
- Describe the evolution of a child psychiatry access program in an academic medical center
- Discuss the risks and benefits of consultation to primary care without direct patient assessment
- Share examples of successful consultation
- Consider applications for this model in other parts of our system of care
This talk is sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. This educational activity received no commercial support.