1.122 Consults With a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Access Program: Comparison of Rural and Nonrural Primary Care Providers

Abstract

Child psychiatry access programs (CPAPs) provide primary care providers (PCPs) with timely consults from child and adolescent psychiatrists and referral assistance for patients with mental health conditions by telephone or by an electronic, asynchronous platform. Resources for mental health are scarcer in rural areas, and rural PCPs may have different needs from a CPAP than nonrural PCPs. We aimed to compare consults from rural and nonrural PCPs with Colorado’s CPAP.