Association of Integrating Mental Health Into Pediatric Primary Care at Federally Qualified Health Centers With Utilization and Follow-up Care
Abstract OBJECTIVE To examine the association of a comprehensive MH integration model with health care utilization, psychotropic medication use, and MH follow-up care among Medicaid-enrolled children at FQHCs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This...
Our mental health care worker shortage is taking a toll
MENTAL HEALTH CARE is, like many industries, facing a workforce shortage, as clinicians flee the field in record numbers. But looming alongside that shortage is a second and equally troubling mental health crisis, one that threatens our nation’s...
Chris Sheldrick Expands Work with TEAM UP
Good news! Chris Sheldrick, PhD, TEAM UP Evaluation Co-Director, will increase his efforts with TEAM UP as he expands his reach by joining the Department of Psychiatry at UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. Sheldrick's work with the...
Megan Bair-Merritt, MD, MCSE named BMC’s first Chief Scientific Officer
TEAM UP is excited to announce that Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE, TEAM UP's Evaluation Co-Director, has been named Boston Medical Center's (BMC) first Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Dr. Bair-Merritt will provide strategic leadership for BMC's research efforts...
Chris Sheldrick Discusses Childhood Developmental Milestones with BBC
Developmental milestones are an important medical tool – but is our obsession with them causing unintended harm? By Amanda Ruggeri, 9th January 2023 (BBC) Scroll through parenting feeds on social media, and you'll soon come across so-called milestone cards:...
Childhood Trauma Task Force Annual Report Features TEAM UP for Children
The Childhood Trauma Task Force (CTTF) of the Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) recently issued their annual report, "Identifying Childhood Trauma: Recommendations on trauma identification practices in...
TEAM UP for Children Initiative Adds Four Massachusetts Health Centers to its Pediatric Behavioral Health Program
1 in 4 children using Massachusetts federally-qualified health centerswill benefit from important transformational model to better integrate behavioral health services BOSTON, December 17, 2019 – TEAM UP for Children (Transforming and Expanding Access to...
Overcoming Barriers to Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatrics Through Co-Development
Integrating behavioral health services in pediatric primary care has been identified as a core strategy for closing the worrying treatment gap faced by young people with depression, anxiety, ADHD, and other common conditions. Pediatricians and psychiatrists...
BRANCH: Supporting Families to Help Young Children Thrive
Ask any parent with a young child, and they'll tell you how challenging it can be. Tears, tantrums, and exhaustion are all in a day's work — and that's on a good day. Stress levels climb even higher if a child shows signs of developmental delays, emotional problems,...
Integrated Behavioral Health in Pediatric Primary Care: ‘You’re Treating the Kid, but the Family Is the System’
Only about 20% of the children in the United States who experience behavioral health issues receive specialized care, and it's not hard to understand why. Thanks to a nationwide shortage of providers and mazelike insurance plans, a simple referral from...
Massachusetts Joint Committee on Health Care Financing Testimony
Testimony of Anita Morris, MSN, FNP-BC Project Director, TEAM UP for Children May 25, 2023Massachusetts Joint Committee on Health Care FinancingH1184, An Act relative to health equity and community health workers Anita Morris, Project Director, submitted...
Massachusetts Legislative Commission on Behavioral Health Promotion and Upstream Prevention
Written Testimony from TEAM UP for Children December 15, 2017 Massachusetts Commission on Behavioral Health Promotion and Upstream PreventionStrengthening Behavioral Health Promotion and Upstream Prevention in Massachusetts TEAM UP submitted written testimony to the...
Dr. Michelle Durham Testifies at U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Hearing on Mental Health Care
Dr. Michelle Durham's testimony to U.S. Senate Finance Committee Hearing on "Mental Health Care in America: Addressing Root Causes and Identifying Policy Solutions." A transcript of her testimony is included below. Testimony of Dr. Michelle P. Durham, MD, MPH, FAPA,...