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Behavioral Health Integration in Large Multi-group Pediatric Practice

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There is increasing interest in methods to improve access to behavioral health services for children and adolescents. Children’s Community Pediatric Behavioral Health Service (CCPBHS) is an integrated behavioral health service whose method of (a) creating a leadership team with empowered administrative and clinical stakeholders who can act on a commitment to change and (b) having a clear mission statement with integrated administrative and clinical care processes can serve as a model for implementing integration efforts within the medical home. Community Pediatrics Behavioral Health Service (CPBHS) is a sustainable initiative that improved the utilization of physical health and behavioral health systems for youth and improved the utilization of evidence-based interventions for youth served in primary care.

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    Abigail Boden Schlesinger

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Abigail Boden Schlesinger reports grants from Pennsylvania Medicaid Program for “Telephonic Consultation with Child and Adolescent Psychiatry” Grant.

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Schlesinger, A.B. Behavioral Health Integration in Large Multi-group Pediatric Practice. Curr Psychiatry Rep 19, 19 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-017-0770-1

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