"Okay Network faithful, if you were wondering what the future of children's mental health looked like, then look no further than this article from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Primary care is going to be a big part of the mental health delivery system sooner than you think...
"St. Charles has been running a pilot project that puts psychologists in doctors' offices.
"You're sitting on the table, in comes your psychologist to sit next to you. It changes the stigma dynamic," Henderson says.
"The annual cost of care dropped from an average of about $7,650 per patient per year to about $6,800 per patent per year. "That included a minor increase in their pharmacy costs," she explains. "But even with that increase, the total medical spend was going down."
"St. Charles is doing a much longer study to see if the savings are real. But several other health systems around the state as well as in Colorado and Massachusetts are also trying this approach...."
http://www.cmhnetwork.org/news/therapists-primary-care
h/t AC member Erika Busch. TY!
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