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A Virtual Program to Aid Families of Children With Autism
For years, Project ECHO has allowed Nationwide Children’s experts to virtually educate health care providers throughout Ohio. Now, the hospital is using the same model to support families of children with autism throughout the United States.
What Experts Know About Youth Suicide Prevention
Experts from Nationwide Children’s Center for Suicide Prevention and Research have helped create a free book exploring the most pressing issues in suicide prevention. Learn how you can download your own copy.
Youth Most at Risk for Suicide Feel Supported by “Caring Contacts”
Patients hospitalized for suicidality are 300x more at risk of suicide in the first week after hospital discharge, and 200x more at risk over the first month, compared to the general population. Nationwide Children’s is the first children’s hospital to study how a positive texting service after discharge may help these youth.
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Study Shows Text Messages Help Youth at Risk For Suicide Feel Supported After Discharge
In a study published today in the JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, faculty at the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research (CSPR) at Nationwide Children’s Hospital described the implementation of an automated Caring Contacts texting system and found the intervention helped youth at risk for suicide feel hopeful and supported during a period of heightened risk. According to the study, this intervention and similar efforts to improve care transitions are critical to improving youth suicide prevention outcomes.
COVID-19 and the Compounding Children’s Mental Health Crisis
David Axelson, MD, chief of Behavioral Health at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, writes that COVID-19 has had a negative impact on an already existing pediatric mental health crisis. . .but a new national focus on the issue is a step in the right direction.
Free Professional Behavioral Health Education on Demand
Nationwide Children’s whole-child approach to pediatric care extends beyond just those in their community. Through the Behavioral Health Learning Library, pediatric providers from across the state can access evidence-based pediatric mental and behavioral health assessments and treatments.
A Partnership To Fill a Gap in Pediatric Residential Behavioral Health Care
Nearly 140 Ohio children must receive residential psychiatric care outside of the state each day because of a lack of local facilities. The Buckeye Ranch and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, with the help of the Ohio Department of Medicaid’s OhioRISE program, have broken ground on a new facility to help address that need.
How Can We Sustain and Expand a Proven Program to Improve Elementary-Age Mental Health?
A report from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and its partners discusses how to support in Ohio the use of The PAX Good Behavior Game®, which has been associated with improved mental health outcomes for children.
Leveraging a Limited Pediatric Mental Health Workforce
Dr. Axelson explains a “system of care” concept that has developed at Nationwide Children’s, where psychiatrists lead multidisciplinary teams of mental health professionals and work with community primary care providers to reach underserved areas.
New Rapid Response Services for Young People in Mental Health Crisis
Nationwide Children’s new Mobile Response Stabilization Services works to send an expert team to the location of crisis – helping families avoid a trip to the emergency department.