2.61 Preliminary Outcomes of Integrating Pediatric Care Services Into a Children’s Mental Health Clinic

Abstract

Vigorous efforts have been made to integrate mental health into pediatric primary care in the past decades, and many studies have found improved clinical outcomes after the integration. In this study, instead of integrating mental health into pediatric primary care, we incorporated pediatric care services into a behavioral healthcare setting. The study attempted to determine whether incorporating pediatric care services into a behavioral healthcare setting could improve the mental health of patients.