Screening For Common Mental Health Disorders
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Recognizing the advantages of integrating mental health care into primary care, many accrediting and grant awarding bodies are encouraging screening, assessment and brief interventions (SBIRT) for common pediatric ...
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Recognizing the advantages of integrating mental health care into primary care, many accrediting and grant awarding bodies are encouraging screening, assessment and brief interventions (SBIRT) for common pediatric mental health problems in the treatment setting preferred by families – their pediatric primary care office. Age appropriate screening instruments will be demonstrated and experience in using the tools in primary care will be shared. What will set this session apart will be the presentation of early mental health interventions that are evidence-based and easily incorporated into the primary care brief office visit. There will also be a discussion of when referral to specialty psychiatric care is indicated and recommended. Resources for families will be shared and the presenters will share what works well in the busy pediatric office including the nuts and bolts of scheduling the interventions into an already busy practice day (in 20 – 30 minute visits), coding, billing, reimbursement and approaching practice management.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
As a result of participating in the activity, learners should be better able to: Discuss the need to integrate mental health screening, assessment and early intervention into primary care, so that children/adolescents receive the timely evidence-based treatment they need.Identify evidence-based mental health screening tools, assessments and brief interventions for children/adolescents seen in primary care.Develop a clinical toolkit, and plan for business aspects of integrating mental health into pediatric practice (coding, billing, scheduling and office management).
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