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HELP WANTED SECTION

Job Description:

(post date 04/15/09)

Seeking a child and adolescent psychiatrist to join a growing outpatient multidisciplinary group practice. The practice has two general psychiatrists, one psychologist, four masters level therapists, one speech therapist and one occupational therapist. The work environment is caring, respectful, supportive, friendly and flexible. Very little managed care. Offices are nice, clean, and organized. Minimal call responsibilities and very stable patient population.

For more details, please visit www.discoverccs.org. Interested individuals, please contact Dan Martinez, M.D., at 630-261-1210.

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ANOTHER JOB OPPORTUNITY:
(post date 04/15/09)

We are looking for a child and adolescent psychiatrist(s) for Metropolitan Family Services. Two of our sites have openings:
Blue Island and Southeast Chicago.

CONTACT:
	Michelle Churchey: ChurcheM@metrofamily.org, or Dr. Andrea Bacon: baconbits19_99@yahoo.com

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"ILLINOIS' RURAL AND INNER CITY CHILDREN NEED MORE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES"

ICCAP seeks to partner with Illinois mental health organizations, agencies, training programs, and foundations, to recruit child and adolescent psychiatrists, and other child mental health service providers, to care for underserved children in Illinois.

Our goals are to encourage medical students and psychiatry or pediatrics
residents to pursue further training to become child and adolescent psychiatrists, and to introduce high school and college students to
the wide variety of careers in child mental health services in Illinois.

While developing the child mental health workforce, we hope to also raise public awareness of mental health, and the value of early attention to children's social and emotional development.

Leaders of organizations, training programs, and agencies involved in children's mental health are asked to collaborate with us, by endorsing this statement:

"ILLINOIS' RURAL AND INNER CITY CHILDREN NEED MORE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES"

To sign on, please contact Susan Scherer, M.D. at scherer@pol.net

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ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUP - YAHOO - CHILDPSYCHCHICAGO

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/childpsychchicago

Below is an introduction to a new way for child psychiatrists in Illinois to meet online, sponsored by Dr. Sid Kumar, member of the board of ICCAP:

Welcome to this group. The purpose of this group is to provide peer
support and develop mentors for any one who is interested. This group
has focus on issues relevant to people in private practice,
independent contractors and other similar jobs where there is very
little peer support available.

I would like to set some basic rules.
1. Absolutely NO junk mails.

2.Group emails should be used ONLY for issues of common interest. Most
of us don't like too many emails flooding our inbox.

3.Initially we want to keep it only for child Psychiatrist. We may
consider to invite our adult psych friends later.

Some of the issues which I have in my mind are related to
reimbursements. For example I think we do more complex work compared
to our adult colleagues and therefore we should be reimbursed at a
higher rate from insurance companies. We can discuss the ways we can
raise this issue with AACAP and other organizations involved in
reimbursements.

I think we should meet few times a year and discuss our issues in
informal ways with each other. To keep it relevant I would like to
keep the meeting privately funded by us and not an industry sponsored
event.

Lastly I don't have good computer skills. If any of you is good at
house keeping the website, please let me know.

Thanks.

Sid Kumar

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/childpsychchicago

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09/10/08
INFORMATIONAL NOTICE
TO:	Participating Advanced Practice Nurses, Community Mental Health Providers, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Encounter Rate Clinics (ERCs), Hospitals, Local Education Agencies (LEAs), Local Health Departments, School Based/Linked Health Centers, and Physicians
RE:	Illinois DocAssist

The purpose of this notice is to alert you to the implementation of a new statewide child and adolescent behavioral health consultation service for primary care providers (PCPs) and clinicians, called Illinois DocAssist. The Illinois DocAssist consultation service was effective starting September 8, 2008. To contact Illinois DocAssist, call 1-866-986-ASST (2778). The Illinois DocAssist consultation service is available at no cost to PCPs and clinicians serving HFS enrolled children under 21 years of age. Illinois DocAssist is available Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, except holidays. Illinois DocAssist is designed to assist PCPs and clinicians in their assessment and treatment of children and youth with mental health or substance use problems. Illinois DocAssist staff (child and adolescent psychiatrists and other behavioral health clinicians) will offer the following: Problem-based consultations to guide the mental health and substance use assessment of children and youth, and provide evidence-based treatment options including medication management strategies. Education and technical assistance via Web-based clinical resources, office-based training workshops including access to, and training on, the use of screening tools and diagnostic aids, stepped-care algorithms to guide clinical decisions including when to treat and when to refer, training to PCPs, clinicians and clinic staff on ways to improve the integration of mental health and substance use assessment and treatment into the clinic routine. Referral services to identify local community referral options for youngsters that cannot be managed in a primary care setting. Illinois DocAssist, a collaborative program of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services; the Department of Human Services/Division of Mental Health; the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Psychiatry and the Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership, seeks to meet the need for early and effective behavioral health intervention for children and youth. Given the well-documented shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists in the United States, it is not surprising that about 75% of youth with psychiatric disorders are seen in primary care settings, and about half of all pediatric office visits involve behavioral, psychosocial, and/or educational concerns. PCPs have requested, and can benefit from, support by child psychiatrists as they diagnose and treat children and youth with mental health and substance use symptoms and illnesses. The goals of Illinois DocAssist are to: Improve the screening, diagnosis, and prompt initiation of treatment for psychiatric and substance use symptoms, and disorders in children and youth in primary care settings. Improve the integration of mental health and substance use care with primary medical care. Enhance the quality of pharmacotherapy for psychiatric disorders prescribed by primary care physicians. HFS strongly encourages all primary care providers and other clinicians to take advantage of Illinois DocAssist. Theresa Eagleson, Administrator Division of Medical Programs

By: Illinois Health/Human Services - Fri, 09/19/2008