Achieving Mental Health Equity: Children and Adolescents

Toi Blakley Harris; Sade C Udoetuk; Sala Webb; Andria Tatem; Lauren M Nutile; Cheryl S Al-Mateen

doi:10.1016/j.psc.2020.06.001

Achieving Mental Health Equity: Children and Adolescents

Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2020 Sep;43(3):471-485. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2020.06.001.

Authors

Toi Blakley Harris¹, Sade C Udoetuk², Sala Webb³, Andria Tatem⁴, Lauren M Nutile⁵, Cheryl S Al-Mateen⁶

Affiliations

¹ Psychiatry, Institutional Diversity, Inclusion and Equity & Student and Trainee Services, Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training and Research, PI/PD, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Pediatrics, Institutional Diversity, Inclusion and Equity & Student and Trainee Services, Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training and Research, PI/PD, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Family and Community Medicine, Institutional Diversity, Inclusion and Equity & Student and Trainee Services, Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training and Research, PI/PD, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
² Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS Stop 350, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
³ Behavioral Health, Comprehensive Medical & Dental Plan, Arizona Department of Child Safety, 3003 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85012, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, 6701 Fannin Street, Suite 1540, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/doc2be2014.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Treatment Center for Children, PO Box 980489, Richmond, VA 23298-0489, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Treatment Center for Children, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980489, Richmond, VA 23298-0489, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Virginia Treatment Center for Children, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. Electronic address: Cheryl.Al-Mateen@vcuhealth.org.

PMID: 32773075
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2020.06.001

Abstract

This article briefly reviews the influences of protective and risk factors of child and adolescent mental health, and explores promising practices and outcomes of evidence-based programs designed to improve the mental health of youth, and the barriers for accessing quality and evidence-based child and adolescent mental health service delivery systems. The authors provide recommendations for individual practice improvements and policy, funding, and organizational practice improvements that will support mental health equity in child and adolescent populations.

Keywords: Child and adolescent population; Child mental health interventions; Mental health disparities; Mental health equity; Pediatric mental health.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Health Services
Child
Health Equity*
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Mental Disorders / therapy*
Mental Health
Mental Health Services*