Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Mental and physical health are intertwined — this has long been established. One way of transforming the way we approach care delivery is to provide whole-person care through the integration of behavioral and physical health. Integrated care takes systemic coordination and can be complex. In this…
The AHA’s Integrating Behavioral Health into Pediatric Care: Hospital-led Solutions to a Growing Crisis report outlines five hospital case studies showing how systems are integrating behavioral health and pediatric care to address a growing clinical demand.
While the challenges are national, many children’s hospitals are already putting integration into practice in ways that reflect the needs of their communities and patient populations. The following case studies demonstrate how integrated models are taking shape and what hospital leaders,…
The AHA collaborated with LCMC Health in New Orleans to spotlight innovative efforts that extend care beyond hospital walls.
Hospitals use telehealth and partnerships to meet rising child and teen mental health needs amid shortage of psychiatrists and specialists.
Children’s Mercy has announced the opening of its new Partial Hospitalization Program to support children and adolescents facing serious medical and mental health challenges.
St. Mary’s Health System has expanded its behavioral and mental health services to help close gaps and ensure a continuum of care services in the community.
For kids with cancer, challenges often don’t end when cancer ends. Returning to school can be uniquely difficult.
As part of an effort to prioritize mental health services, St. Jude Medical Center has established a number of behavioral health programs over the last five years, including school-based mental health services and the Each Mind Matters/Promise to Talk campaign.
The Brighter Days Pediatric Mental Health Urgent Care Center, part of Golisano Children’s Hospital in Western New York, opened in June 2024 to provide walk-in mental health services for individuals under 18.