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Patricio Fischman, M.D., DFAAAP and Deepika Shaligram, M.D., FAPA
The growing unmet mental health needs of youth nationally and globally are increasingly being met through telepsychiatry.
Telepsychiatry with youth is not new, but the revolution in telecommunications has converged with decreased costs and public mandates for more equitable access to care to make telepsychiatry a feasible alternative to in person treatment for children and adolescents.
Families have readily accepted telepsychiatry as an alternative to traditional venues for care. But, providers and training programs have been more slow to adapt their practices to include telepsychiatry.
Training in telepsychiatry is needed during residency and fellowship to prepare the next generation of child and adolescent psychiatrists to expand their reach to underserved populations and to create more innovative approaches to psychiatric care in their practices.
References
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Committee on Telepsychiatry and AACAP Committee on Quality Issues. Clinical Update: Telepsychiatry with Children and Adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2017; 56(10): 875 – 893.
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Council: Best Principles for the integration of child psychiatry into the pediatric health home. Retrieved May 19, 2018, from https://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/clinical_practice_center/systems_of_care/best_principles_for_integration_of_child_psychiatry_into_the_pediatric_health_home_2012.pdf
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