Archbold Todd
Minn Med. 2015 Mar;98(3):42-4.
Having timely access to mental health care is critical for children with psychiatric disorders. Because there is an extreme shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists in the United States, initial assessment and treatment of children with psychiatric disorders often occurs in the primary care setting. To increase the likelihood of positive health outcomes for these children, primary care physicians need to be better equipped to meet their mental health needs. One way is to offer them easier access to child and adolescent psychiatrists. The Psychiatric Assistance Line (PAL) is a service that does that. It allows primary care physicians and other clinicians immediate access to child and adolescent psychiatrists so they can either treat the patient in the primary care setting or refer the child to an appropriate specialist. This article describes the service and the extent to which it has been used since its inception in June of 2014.
及时获得心理健康护理对患有精神疾病的儿童至关重要。由于美国儿童和青少年精神科医生极度短缺，患有精神疾病儿童的初始评估和治疗通常在初级保健机构进行。为了提高这些儿童获得积极健康结果的可能性，初级保健医生需要更好地满足他们的心理健康需求。一种方法是让他们更容易接触到儿童和青少年精神科医生。精神科援助热线（PAL）就是这样一项服务。它使初级保健医生和其他临床医生能够立即联系到儿童和青少年精神科医生，以便他们既可以在初级保健机构治疗患者，也可以将儿童转诊给合适的专科医生。本文介绍了这项服务及其自2014年6月设立以来的使用程度。
