Rural and Frontier Communities

Authors

Deborah Brooks, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Suni Jani, The George Washington University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Electronic address: snjani@communitybehavioralhealth.net.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

10-1-2024

Journal

Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America

Volume

33

Issue

4

DOI

10.1016/j.chc.2024.06.002

Keywords

Child and adolescent psychiatry; Psychiatry; Rural health

Abstract

Children and adolescents in rural communities have statistically more unmet mental health needs and fewer mental health resources than their urban counterparts. The rural population is ill-served by the traditional medical model of hyperspecialization and would benefit more from a population-based approach. By embracing the community, including each area's distinct culture, mental health providers can best affect change in these areas. Increased pediatric integration via telepsychiatry, including clear and codified teleprescribing parameters for controlled substances, can reach more rural youth and eliminate current burdens to primary care providers who currently treat most rural mental illness.

APA Citation

Brooks, Deborah and Jani, Suni, "Rural and Frontier Communities" (2024). GW Authored Works. Paper 5915.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/5915

Department

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences