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Invited Address

Health Care System / Public Policy

Invited Address 1 - Realizing the Potential of Children’s Mental Health Services in the 21st Century

Friday, November 15, 2024
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
Location: Grand Ballroom G/H, Level 5, Downtown Marriott
Earn 1 Credit
Keywords: Evidenced-Based Practice, Public Health, Health Care System
Recommended Readings: Havens JF, Marr M, Hirsch E. Editorial: From Bipolar Disorder to DMDD: Challenges to Diagnostic and Treatment Specificity in Traumatized Youths. Journal of American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 4; S0890-8567(21)00485-8. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2021.07.012.

,   Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood, Ph.D., Shira Richards-Rachlin, B.S., Meaghan Baier, L.M.S.W., et al. Implementation Feasibility and Hidden Costs of Statewide Scaling of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents. Psychiatric Services 2024; 75:5, 461-469.

,   McCord, M, Fierman A, Sisco S, Canfield C, et al. A Two-Generation, Early Childhood Advanced Primary Care Model. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2024 Mar 6:e2023062567. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-062567.,   ,  

    Presenter(s)

  • Jennifer F. Havens, M.D.

    Arnold Simon Professor and Chair, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    New York, New York, United States

Dr Havens will review the growth in knowledge and evidenced based treatments in child and adolescent psychiatry over the last 30 years, as well as the challenges the field has experienced in integrating the effects of trauma exposure into current diagnostic and treatment formulation; will explicate the history of financing of behavioral health services and its impact on our current capacity to address the mental health needs of children and families and will review potential solutions for increasing access to mental health services for children and families, with emphasis on early intervention and enhanced secondary prevention strategies.

Outline
1. Progress
a. Growth of Knowledge
b. Development of Evidence -Based Practice
c. Diagnostic and Treatment Confusion in Traumatized Youth
2. Challenges
a. Steady increases in child and adolescent mental health burden
b. Failed business model for fiscal support of mental health services
3. Solutions
a. Transformation of perinatal care models to support healthy development
b. Investing in Child and Family Mental Health Services
c. Implementing Effective Secondary Prevention
d. Advocacy – A New York State Case Study

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:
  1. Describe the growth in knowledge and evidenced based treatments in child and adolescent psychiatry over the last 30 years, as well as the challenges the field has experienced in integrating the effects of trauma exposure into current diagnostic and treatment formulation
  2. Appreciate the history of financing of behavioral health services and its impact on our current capacity to address the mental health needs of children and families
  3. List potential solutions for increasing access to mental health services for children and families, with emphasis on early intervention and enhanced secondary prevention strategies
  4. Long-term Goal: More systemic integration of trauma-informed care within child and family mental health services.
  5. Long-term Goal: More effective ambulatory mental health and wrap around services that reach children and families as early as possible.
  6. Long-term Goal: More effective secondary prevention services that reach children and families as early as possible.