Video and Photos from the June 4 Recommendations to Realization Forum
Adolescent Mental Health Checkups: Recommendations to Realization
On June 4, the TeenScreen National Center invited a panel of health experts from across the country to New York City to discuss two recent national health advisory organization reports that recommend integrating mental health checkups as part of regular adolescent health visits.
Forum Video
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Rosemary Chalk, director of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families at the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine (IOM), and Dr. Thomas DeWitt, member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), answer questions after their presentation on the spring 2009 IOM and USPSTF recommendations calling for mental health screenings in adolescent primary care.
Mark DelMonte, J.D., from the American Academy of Pediatrics, moderates a discussion between Dr. John Genrich, Dr. Rick Spurlock, Dr. Christopher Dennis, and Karen Smith-Hagman, R.N., on practical implementations of mental health screenings in primary care and the like-minded efforts of the panel’s respective organizations to integrate mental health checkups into pediatric primary care.
Dr. Christopher Dennis, vice president and regional medical and clinical director of ValueOptions, Dr. Rick Spurlock, medical director of Kaiser Permanente Southern Colorado, and Karen Smith-Hagman, R.N., vice president of Medical Operations for EmblemHealth in New York, discuss and advocate for the implementation of mental health checkups in primary care from the perspective of health care provider networks.
Dr. John Genrich, a pediatrician from Colorado Springs, discusses how he utilizes screening questionnaires to conduct regular mental health checkups with his adolescent patients. He explains the process of mental health checkups and discusses how quick and simple it is to integrate this potentially life-saving practice into primary care visits.
Dr. Lloyd Sederer, medical director for the New York State Office of Mental Health, Darcy Gruttadaro, J.D., director of the Child and Adolescent Action Center at the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and Catherine Finley, principal at Capitol Counsel and a former staff director for former Senator Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), discuss the policy implications and goals of mental health screenings in primary care settings. Laurie Flynn from the TeenScreen National Center moderates.
Forum speakers Dr. Thomas DeWitt, Karen Smith-Hagman, R.N., Rosemary Chalk, Dr. Rick Spurlock, Dr. Christopher Dennis, and Dr. John Genrich gather with TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups Executive Director Laurie Flynn after delivering comments about the practical implementation of adolescent mental health screenings in primary care settings.
Dr. Lloyd Sederer, Catherine Finley, and Darcy Gruttadaro, J.D., with TeenScreen National Center's Executive Director Laurie Flynn pose for a photo at the close of their panel discussion on how health care reform and advocacy efforts can help to shape adolescent mental health care.
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