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Pediatric Integrated Care Model Handles “Unprecedented” Behavioral Health Needs

Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego called the surge of children coming into its emergency department with behavioral health needs “unprecedented,” and responded by placing mental health professionals in primary care practices.

Strength through mindfulness: Children's Mercy Kansas City to open depression and anxiety clinic for local youth

A new depression and anxiety clinic has been opened by Children's Mercy Kansas City as the first of 14 mental health projects the hospital is launching during the next five years

NFL Pros Tackle the Importance of Mental Health

Intermountain Health invited “The Defensive Line,” a group of professional athletes who have struggled with their own mental health issues, to talk with high school students in Las Vegas’s Clark County School District about the importance of addressing mental health.

Leadership Dialogue Series: Behavioral Health Solutions With Jeremy Musher, M.D., of Lifepoint Health

In this conversation, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and 2024 AHA board chair, talks with Jeremy Musher, M.D., chief behavioral medical officer at Lifepoint Health, about common obstacles in the behavioral health field, including access and reimbursement, as well as ways to approach mental health stigmas.
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Hospitals and health systems can play an important role in ensuring children and adolescents receive the behavioral health care they need to thrive.

Integrating Behavioral Health into Pediatric Care: Hospital-led Solutions to a Growing Crisis

While the challenges are national, many children’s hospitals are already putting integration into practice in ways that reflect the needs of their communities and patient populations. The following case studies demonstrate how integrated models are taking shape and what hospital leaders, particularly those in children’s hospitals, can learn from them.
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Integrating Behavioral and Physical Health to Treat the Whole Person

In the United States, behavioral health and physical health can sometimes be treated as if they are unconnected, usually involving separate sites of care.

Transforming Care for Older Adults

Resources to help hospitals and health systems address the unique care needs of older adults, including chronic diseases like heart disease or diabetes, and loneliness and isolation.