Tips for AAP Chapters: Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Care via Telehealth by Partnering with Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Programs

Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) Programs, sometimes referred to as Child Psychiatry Access Programs (CPAPs), are collaborative programs that provide timely training and support to pediatric primary care clinicians (PCCs) and other clinicians related to detection, assessment, treatment and referral of behavioral health conditions within their practice. This support is provided as part of a peer-to-peer, telehealth-based consultation model – PCCs can connect with off-site child/adolescent behavioral health professionals by phone, video call or email/web-based consultation.

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