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53rd Annual Meeting Program Schedule
SIG #6: Integrating Pediatric and Behavioral Health Care for Children and Adolescents

Friday, October 27
4:30 – 6:00 p.m. (ticket)
Antoinette M. Jakobi, M.D., John McIntyre, M.D., Susan Barrett, B.S.R.N.

This SIG describes an initiative to develop a system of care to provide mental health services to children, adolescents, and their families in urban, suburban, and rural communities. Key issues discussed include recruitment, orientation, and situation of behavioral health therapists in primary care practices, identification of patients in need of early intervention, and development of an effective communication network among practitioners