New research suggests integrating behavioral health services in pediatric primary care can reduce symptoms
The work offers hope for addressing the mental health crisis among children and adolescents.
Research led by the Transforming and Expanding Access to Mental Health Care Universally in Pediatrics (TEAM UP) Scaling and Sustainability Center of Boston Medical Center (BMC) finds that children who receive behavioral health services delivered through the TEAM UP Model™ of integrated behavioral health care have fewer behavioral health symptoms. The findings, published recently in JAMA Network Open, offer new hope for addressing the children’s mental health crisis.