Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project

WELCOME

Find out more about the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project

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"How's Your Child's Mental Health?"

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SPOTLIGHT

CBT for the Primary Care Clinician: Is my patient receiving cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?

Learn the skills to discern whether or not your patient is receiving true CBT here.

NEWS AND FEATURES

Accessing Children's Mental Health Services in Massachusetts: Workforce Capacity Assessment October 29, 2009

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation released a report that assesses licensed behavioral health workforce supply and capacity in Massachusetts. The report recommends that both public and private insurers share the financing of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP). Click here to download a PDF of the report.

Recommendations for Screening Adolescents for Major Depression from the U.S. Preventative Screening Task Force (USPSTF) [recorded webinar]

Dr. Thomas DeWitt explains how and why the USPSTF came up with the recommendation to screen adolescents (12 to 18) for major depression disorder (MDD). Click here to vi to view the presentation.

Leah Grant, MGH, MCPAP licensed therapist, reviews Dawn Huebner, PhD’s series of books

help 6- to 12-year-olds overcome anxiety, anger, negativity, obsessive compulsive disorder, and sleep problems. Click here for Leah's review.

TOOLKIT SPOTLIGHT

New CRAFFT toolkit! The CRAFFT screens for substance abuse in adolescents. Click here for the CRAFFT Toolkit (acronym) for Car, Relax, Alone, Forget Friends, Trouble) toolkit.

Help your patients' families navigate the Massachusetts special education system by directing them to the Concord SPED PAC Sped Parent Basic Toolkit at http://www.concordspedpac.org/toolkit.htm

Primary care behavioral health toolkit includes guidelines on implementing behavioral health screenings in primary care settings, guidance on clinical issues related to screening, and information on four screening tools: M-CHAT, PSC, PEDS, an PHQ-9. Click here to download toolkit.

FOCUS ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES

New Children's Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) Services

Find out about a new system of behavioral health care and services available for certain qualified MassHealth patients with severe emotional disturbance (SED). Read a pediatrician's perspective of how to best use the new system.

Click here for a brief article explaining what CBHI is.

Click here for an article explaining CBHI from the pediatrician's perspective.

Click here to visit the CBHI section of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services webpages.

Click here to visit the CBHI section of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP) webpages.