Collaborative Care and Integration: Changing Roles and Changing Identity of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist?

Prevalence of Serious Emotional Disturbance Among U.S. Children: A Meta-Analysis

“…Approximately 8,700 child psychiatrists deliver services in the United States, implying an untenable 620:1 ratio of youths with SED per child psychiatrist (54). This situation is exacerbated by the low number of child psychiatry residents and fellows in the United States, who numbered just 869 in 2015, and by an uneven distribution of child psychiatrists across the United States such that more rural and impoverished areas have particularly acute shortages (55)(56)(57). Currently, only about 50% of youths with SED receive any mental health treatment within a one-year period (12).…”

Professionals’ views on the development process of a structural collaboration between child and adolescent psychiatry and child welfare: an exploration through the lens of the life cycle model

“…Collaborating is an integral, but complex and challenging part of the role of a CAP, both on the case and systems level [10]. Professionals' perspective on the development process and driving factors of CSCC, an intensive collaboration between CAP and CW in care delivery for adolescent girls with MCN, was explored in this research project.…”

“…Professionals in health and social services are increas-ingly being called to collaborate not only around individual patients but also at the practical and system levels [10]. Increased investment in collaborative working is especially relevant for mental health services, given the changing role of child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) [10].…”