89 Youth Mental Health Crisis: An Opportunity for Innovation

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughtsEven though the situation that we are facing with the youth mental health crisis right now is daunting, there is such an opportunity for creativity and innovation and with the kind of clinicians that we interview today, there is such an opportunity to really write a new plan. Dr. Lois Lee and Dr. Ben Biermann discuss how primary care settings are seeing an increase in children coming in with suicidal thoughts or attempts. They emphasize the importance of partnerships between providers and discuss ways to advocate for funding for expanded mental health care. They also talk about early intervention services, community-based mental health programs, and school-based mental health services.Dr. Lois Lee’s work focuses on pediatric emergency medicine, health disparities, injuries, and health policy. This is grounded in her clinical work as a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Boston Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. At Boston Children’s Hospital, she is the Associate Program Director for Public Policy at the new Sandra L. Fenwick Institute for Pediatric Health Equity and Inclusion.Dr. Biermann is a child and adolescent psychiatrist on faculty at the University of Michigan Medical School.  His clinical work focuses mainly on hospital-based care:  psychiatric emergency services, psychiatric inpatient, consultation/liaison, and ECT treatments. Dr. Biermann’s clinical and scholarly focus has been on adolescents with mood disorders and disruptive behaviors, treatment-resistant depression, and youth in crisis.  He also has an interest in substance use disorders and dual diagnosis. Key Highlights: [00:01 - 08:41] Open SegmentDr. Lois and Dr. Ben share their background and workThe increase in the boarding of mental health patientsMental health crises are not a COVID induced problem[08:41 - 18:22]  Risk Assessments And Safety Planning With The Child FirstPediatrician's perspective on the current state of emergency rooms and children who are seeking careHow child psychiatry can be helpful to know if a  child should be admitted or not to the hospitalSocial work helps to ensure that mental health is a part of the patient's care[18:23 - 28:24] How We Can Better Serve Our KidsWhy emergency room doctors should assess a child's risk for suicideDoctors should consider if kids need to be medically cleared before admitting themHow to provide more equitable care for all children[28:25 - 38:02] Ensure Patients Receive The Best Possible CareThe potential of telehealth in psychiatryThe importance of investing in psychiatry workforce developmentThere is a need for more mental health professionals due to the increasing populationEngaging patients in a standardized way can help connect them to treatment [38:03 - 51:50] Mental Health Is A National CrisisWhy the integrated behavioral health care can be helpful More collaboration and coordination are needed to address the youth mental health crisisWhat can help improve access to care and funding for mental health initiatives[51:51 - 1:00:24] Final TakeawaysOur kids are not doing well emotionallyAccess to mental health care is in short supplySuicide remains the second leading cause of death in youthThe emergency rooms are overrun with kids waiting, boarding for helpThe pandemic magnified the mental health crisisFor underserved minoritized and poor youth, the access to services is even more...

Fecha de Publicación: 17 de mayo de 2022

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