Publications by authors named "Billina Shaw"
Federal, State, and Local Mental Health Policy Interventions in Response to the Pediatric Mental Health Crisis following the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Pediatric mental health in the U.S. has been declining since before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the situation worsened during the pandemic.
- Governments at federal, state, and local levels are prioritizing pediatric mental health by investing in policies aimed at addressing this issue.
- Despite these efforts, there is still a significant need to enhance access to essential mental health prevention and intervention services for children, with active stakeholder involvement being key to effective policy implementation.
This work expands on the National Council for Mental Wellbeing whitepaper Quality Measurement in Crisis Services. The authors present 2 approaches to measure development: The first maps flow through the crisis continuum and defines metrics for each step of the process. The second uses the mnemonic ACCESS TO HELP to define system values, from the perspective of various stakeholders, with corresponding metrics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The substances driving the overdose epidemic in the United States have changed over time. Since 2013, fentanyl-analogues have become the primary opioids driving the epidemic. Recently, polysubstance related deaths have come to the forefront of the epidemic.
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