Name
Poster 02 - An Interdisciplinary Designed Pediatric Mental Health Care Handbook for Pediatric Resident Training
Date & Time
Friday, October 17, 2025, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Description

There is a growing crisis of pediatric mental health care needs in the U.S., with the burden falling increasingly on pediatric primary care providers, given the shortage of pediatric mental health providers. To address this need, the pediatric, psychiatry, and psychology teams at Columbia University have undertaken a joint effort to develop training materials for pediatric residents. Developed with user-centered design principles, this mental health care management handbook provides evidence-based and expert diagnostic and treatment algorithms to assist trainees in clinical decision making. This handbook integrates with other program embedded training on the same mental health care topics to reinforce learning.

Speakers
Margaret Whalen MS4, Medical Student, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
Margaret Whalen
Co-Authors
Oliver Piltch, medical student, Columbia University, New York, NY
Michelle Batlle, medical student, Columbia University, New York, NY
Evelyn Berger Jenkins, MD, Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY
Liora Hoffman, PhD, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY
Rachel Zuckerbrot, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY
Jennifer Rahman, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY
Alexandria Wang, MPH, Research Program Lead, Columbia University, New York, NY
Margaret Krause, MD, Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY
Kensington Cochran, Medical Student, Columbia University, New York, NY
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Pediatrics, Primary Care Behavioral Health Model, Psychiatry
Session Type
Poster
SIG or Committee
Collaborative Care Model (CoCM), Pediatrics (PEDs), Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH)
Objective 1
Identify care gaps in pediatric mental health.
Objective 2
Describe an algorithmic approach to upskilling pediatric primary care providers.
Objective 3
Discuss how to effectively triage mental health care between interdisciplinary teams.
Content Reference 1

Overhage, L., Hailu, R., Busch, A. B., Mehrotra, A., Michelson, K. A., & Huskamp, H. A. (2023). Trends in Acute Care Use for Mental Health Conditions Among Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA psychiatry, 80(9), 924–932. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.2195

Content Reference 2

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Committee on Community-Based Systems of Care and AACAP Committee on Quality Issues. Electronic address: clinical@aacap.org, & American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Committee on Community-Based Systems of Care and AACAP Committee on Quality Issues (2023). Clinical Update: Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Care in Community Systems of Care. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(4), 367–384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2022.06.001

Content Reference 3

Mayne, S. L., Hannan, C., Davis, M., Young, J. F., Kelly, M. K., Powell, M., Dalembert, G., McPeak, K. E., Jenssen, B. P., & Fiks, A. G. (2021). COVID-19 and Adolescent Depression and Suicide Risk Screening Outcomes. Pediatrics, 148(3), e2021051507. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-051507

Content Reference 4

Hoffmann, J. A., Attridge, M. M., Carroll, M. S., Simon, N. E., Beck, A. F., & Alpern, E. R. (2023). Association of Youth Suicides and County-Level Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas in the US. JAMA pediatrics, 177(1), 71–80. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4419