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New Study Reveals that U.S. Children, Adolescents Account for Million Emergency Room Visits a Year for Mental Health
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study reveals that the average annual emergency room visits by children and adolescents seeking mental health treatment exceeded 1 million from 2018-2021. The research underscores the rising trend of mental health disorders in this demographic, with suicide attempts and suicides on the rise over the past decade. Due to fewer psychiatric care facilities and limited access to outpatient services, many youths increasingly rely on emergency departments for immediate mental health care. Approximately one in five patients were admitted or transferred to psychiatric facilities, and 25% were prescribed psychiatric medication.
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Public Call: Recommendations for IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse
Deadline to submit: November 22
The Clearinghouse has issued a public call for program and service recommendations for systematic review. The categories of interventions potentially eligible for IV-E reimbursement are mental health, substance abuse, in-home parent skill-based, and kinship navigator programs. Under IV-E, “prevention” means preventing formal admission of a child into foster care.
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Use of Measurement-Based Care to Improve Children’s Behavioral Health
The Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI) recently released its Issue Brief 85: Making Measures Matter, describing how measurement-based care (MBC) can enhance family-centered care, reduce costs, and improve outcomes in children’s behavioral health services. According to CHDI, the evidence-based model is flexible enough to be used in a wide variety of settings and programs, with any population, and can be scaled to providers’ available resources, level of commitment and interest, staff identified to implement, and sustainability plan. Focused on current initiatives in Connecticut, the brief provides practical recommendations for supporting MBC implementation and overall improvements in the children’s behavioral health system. |
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CWLA Call for Proposals for 2023 National Conference
Deadline: August 31
The Child Welfare League of America is accepting proposals for 75-minute sessions during its April 2023 national conference, Stronger Together: Uniting to Advance Change. The three-day conference will highlight successful strategies for bridging the divide between public and private sectors of child welfare and related systems and the families and communities they serve. Topic areas, selection criteria, and other information about submitting proposals is available here. |
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Free Joint Commission COVID-19 Webinar
Tuesday, May 17
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern
The Joint Commission (TJC) is hosting a complimentary Q&A webinar for behavioral health care and human services organizations featuring live discussion with six experts across multiple TJC departments. Topics will include infection control practices, environment of care/life safety, CMS 1135 waivers, and effects of COVID-19 on TJC survey efforts. Questions may be submitted when registering for the webinar.
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