From Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health Newsletter Family members of children with a serious pediatric illness may have increased physical and mental health care needs, a newly published study in JAMA Network suggests. Researchers found higher rates of health care encounters, physical and mental health diagnoses, and physical and mental health medication prescriptions among parents and siblings of children with life-threatening conditions, compared with a control group. The authors conclude that interventions to safeguard the mental and physical well-being of parents and siblings appear to be warranted. Read the article .
The Division of Mental Health and Addiction is pleased to announce that Child Advocates will serve as the statewide access site for our Child Mental Health Wraparound program. Child Advocates will transition into this role during calendar year 2022. DMHA will also rollout a new access site data collection process, the new data collection process is necessary as the state has eliminated access to Syncplicity. To help you prepare for these changes DMHA will be hosting a series of training webinars listed below. The division has also complied a question-and-answer document from questions submitted to DMHAyouthservices@fssa.in.gov during the September 2021 webinar. This Q and A is available by clicking here. Please note that many of the changes being implemented are fluid and DMHA is still developing processes, procedures and policies. All CMHW providers and families will be updated as decisions are finalized. Statewide access site rollout plan update webinar Jan. 13, 2022 Noon – 2