Mental Health
CHDI works to improve practices and policies in children's mental health. Our current strategic goals for pediatric mental health care include:
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Multi-disciplinary Child Care Consultation
Developing a statewide system of multi-disciplinary child care consultation so that the health and mental health needs of children in child care settings will be identified and properly addressed by qualified consultants.
IMPACT: Reducing Behavior Problems in Early Care and Education Programs
IMPACT: Ensuring Health & Safety in CT’s Early Care and Education Programs
IMPACT: Promoting Early Health & Learning -
Strengthening the Link Between Behavioral Health and Primary Care
Strengthening the link between behavioral health and primary care in various ways, including a pilot initiative at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) designed such that a full time behavioral health clinician is on-site in the Pediatric Practice at CCMC and the pediatricians have access to telephone consultation with child and adolescent psychiatrists
Behavioral Health Services in Pediatric Primary Care (full report)
Behavioral Health Services in Pediatric Primary Care (executive summary)
IMPACT – Addressing Maternal Depression
IMPACT - Integrating Behavioral Health & Primary Care - In addition, CHDI works to identify, adopt, and implement evidence-based and best practices in mental and behavioral health through its Connecticut Center for Effective Practice (CCEP). For more information on CCEP’s activities, click on the link above.
