NYC Health & Hospitals is expanding its children's mental health programs to address environmental factors, such as poverty and violence, that can have long-lasting effects on the mental health of children and adolescents, according to The New York Times.
The programs seek to integrate mental health services with pediatricians and other professionals that children encounter regularly. For instance, Project TEACH trains pediatricians to diagnose and prescribe medications for depression and anxiety while the 100 Schools program helps guidance counselors and teachers identify teens and adolescents who have or are currently experiencing trauma.
"Traditionally, everything was siloed," said Charles Barron, MD, NYC Health & Hospitals' deputy chief medical officer. "Now we're recognizing there's a continuum in a child's life — at home, in school, certainly in healthcare centers — and so creating these partnerships is really important."
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