Sarah McCue Horwitz1, Amy Storfer-Isser2, Bonnie D Kerker3, Moira Szilagyi4, Andrew S Garner5, Karen G O'Connor6, Kimberly E Hoagwood7, Cori M Green8, Jane M Foy9, Ruth E K Stein10. 1. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY. Electronic address: Sarah.horwitz@nyumc.org. 2. Statistical Research Consultants, LLC, Schaumburg, Ill. 3. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY; Nathan Kline Institute of Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY. 4. University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. 5. Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio. 6. American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Ill. 7. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY. 8. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY. 9. Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC. 10. Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY.
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the availability of on-site mental health professionals (MHPs) in primary care; to examine practice/pediatrician characteristics associated with on-site MHPs; and to determine whether the presence of on-site MHPs is related to pediatricians' comanaging or more frequently identifying, treating/managing, or referring mental health (MH) problems. METHODS: Analyses included American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) members who participated in an AAP Periodic Survey in 2013 and who practiced general pediatrics (n = 321). Measures included sociodemographics, practice characteristics, questions about on-site MHPs, comanagement of MH problems, and pediatricians' behaviors in response to 5 prevalent MH problems. Weighted univariate, bivariate, and multivariable analyses were performed. RESULTS: Thirty-five percent reported on-site MHPs. Practice characteristics (medical schools, universities, health maintenance organizations, <100 visits per week, <80% of patients privately insured) and interactions of practice location (urban) with visits and patient insurance were associated with on-site MHPs. There was no overall association between colocation and comanagement, or whether pediatricians usually identified, treated/managed, or referred 5 common child MH problems. Among the subset of pediatricians who reported comanaging, there was an association with comanagement when the on-site MHP was a child psychiatrist, substance abuse counselor, or social worker. CONCLUSIONS: On-site MHPs are more frequent in settings where low-income children are served and where pediatricians train. Pediatricians who comanage MH problems are more likely to do so when the on-site MHP is a child psychiatrist, substance abuse counselor, or social worker. Overall, on-site MHPs were not associated with comanagement or increased likelihood of pediatricians identifying, treating/managing, or referring children with 5 common child MH problems.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the availability of on-site mental health professionals (MHPs) in primary care; to examine practice/pediatrician characteristics associated with on-site MHPs; and to determine whether the presence of on-site MHPs is related to pediatricians' comanaging or more frequently identifying, treating/managing, or referring mental health (MH) problems. METHODS: Analyses included American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) members who participated in an AAP Periodic Survey in 2013 and who practiced general pediatrics (n = 321). Measures included sociodemographics, practice characteristics, questions about on-site MHPs, comanagement of MH problems, and pediatricians' behaviors in response to 5 prevalent MH problems. Weighted univariate, bivariate, and multivariable analyses were performed. RESULTS: Thirty-five percent reported on-site MHPs. Practice characteristics (medical schools, universities, health maintenance organizations, <100 visits per week, <80% of patients privately insured) and interactions of practice location (urban) with visits and patient insurance were associated with on-site MHPs. There was no overall association between colocation and comanagement, or whether pediatricians usually identified, treated/managed, or referred 5 common child MH problems. Among the subset of pediatricians who reported comanaging, there was an association with comanagement when the on-site MHP was a child psychiatrist, substance abuse counselor, or social worker. CONCLUSIONS: On-site MHPs are more frequent in settings where low-income children are served and where pediatricians train. Pediatricians who comanage MH problems are more likely to do so when the on-site MHP is a child psychiatrist, substance abuse counselor, or social worker. Overall, on-site MHPs were not associated with comanagement or increased likelihood of pediatricians identifying, treating/managing, or referring children with 5 common child MH problems.
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