Implications of Comprehensive Mental Health Services Embedded in an Adolescent Obstetric Medical Home

Autor: Celeste St. John-Larkin, Bethany Ashby, Veronica I. Alaniz, Stephen Scott, Nikhil Ranadive
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Mental Health Services
Medical home
Program evaluation
medicine.medical_specialty
Colorado
Adolescent
Epidemiology
Population
Mothers
Depression
Postpartum
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
Patient-Centered Care
030225 pediatrics
Health care
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Program Development
Psychiatry
education
Socioeconomic status
education.field_of_study
Parenting
Delivery of Health Care
Integrated
business.industry
Public health
05 social sciences
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mental health
Perinatal Care
Mental Health
Adolescent Health Services
Pregnancy in Adolescence
Pediatrics
Perinatology and Child Health
Female
business
Postpartum period
Program Evaluation
050104 developmental & child psychology
Zdroj: Maternal and Child Health Journal. 20:1258-1265
ISSN: 1573-6628
1092-7875
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-1927-y
Popis: Purpose Mental health issues in perinatal adolescents are well documented and studies have shown high rates of depressive disorders among this population. Treatment is challenging because pregnant adolescents are poorly adherent with mental health services. We describe a novel integrated mental health care program for pregnant and parenting adolescent mothers and their children. Methods The Colorado Adolescent Maternity Program (CAMP) is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary teen pregnancy and parenting medical home program serving an ethnically diverse and low socioeconomic status population in the Denver metro area. We describe the Healthy Expectations Adolescent Response Team (HEART), an embedded mental health care program focused on improving identification of mental health symptoms and increasing rates mental health treatment in adolescent mothers. Results From January 1, 2011-January 16 2014, 894 pregnant adolescents were enrolled in CAMP and 885 patients were screened for mental health issues. Prior to HEART's inception, 20 % of patients were identified as having mood symptoms in the postpartum period. Successful referrals to community mental health facilities occurred in only 5 % of identified patients. Following the creation of HEART, 41 % of patients were identified as needing mental health services. Nearly half of the identified patients (47 %) engaged in mental health treatment with the psychologist. Demographic factors including age, parity, ethnicity, and parent and partner involvement did not have a significant impact on treatment engagement. Trauma history was associated with lower treatment engagement. Conclusion Our findings suggest that an embedded mental health program in an adolescent obstetric and pediatric medical home is successful in improving identification and engagement in mental health treatment. Key components of the program include universal screening, intensive social work and case management involvement, and ready access to onsite mental health care providers. Limitations of the program are discussed as well directions for future research.
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