Incorporating mental health care into primary visits

Pediatricians face rising demands in specialty care and mental health, with programs such as REACH helping them manage these challenges.

General pediatric providers and pediatric specialists across multiple areas of medicine have told Contemporary Pediatrics that general providers are taking on more and more responsibilities. Longer wait times for pediatric specialty care, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, are still lingering and contributing to these added responsibilities.¹