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Integrated Behavioral Health in Pediatric Primary Care

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There are multiple barriers to accessing high quality, evidence-based behavioral health care for children and adolescents, including stigma, family beliefs, and the significant paucity of child and adolescent psychiatrists. Although equal access continues to be an unmet need in the USA, there is growing recognition that integrated behavioral health services in pediatric primary care have the potential to reduce health disparities and improve service utilization. In a joint position paper, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) highlighted the multiple benefits of children receiving initial behavioral health screening, assessment, and evidence-based behavioral health treatments in the medical home. The purpose of this paper is to review the current state of the literature related to integrated behavioral health services in pediatric primary care. Specifically, innovative models of integrated behavioral health care are discussed.

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  1. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, 3440 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Wanjiku F. M. Njoroge

  2. Division of Psychology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 111 N 4th Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, USA

    Cody A. Hostutler

  3. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3535 Market Street Room 1472, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Billie S. Schwartz

  4. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Room 1466, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Jennifer A. Mautone

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Njoroge, W.F.M., Hostutler, C.A., Schwartz, B.S. et al. Integrated Behavioral Health in Pediatric Primary Care. Curr Psychiatry Rep 18, 106 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-016-0745-7

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