--- title: "Psych News Alert: Child Psychiatrists, Pediatricians Team Up to Help Kids" description: The shortage of mental health providers for children and adolescents has led to creative consultative relationships between child psychiatri... image: https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Doc_9796261-Jun-24-2025-10-38-00-6335-PM.jpg --- 11/9/11 12:00 AM # Child Psychiatrists, Pediatricians Team Up to Help Kids ![Picture of Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Psych%20News%20Email%20Banners/PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png?width=50&name=PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png) [ Psychiatric News Alert ](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert) Share: [facebook-f icon ](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/11/child-psychiatrists-pediatricians-team.html) [linkedin-in icon ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/11/child-psychiatrists-pediatricians-team.html) [Twitter icon ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/11/child-psychiatrists-pediatricians-team.html) [pinterest-p icon ](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/11/child-psychiatrists-pediatricians-team.html) [envelope icon ](mailto:?body=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/11/child-psychiatrists-pediatricians-team.html) [![](https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Doc_9796261-Jun-24-2025-10-38-01-6938-PM.jpg)](https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Doc_9796261-Jun-24-2025-10-38-01-6938-PM.jpg) The shortage of mental health providers for children and adolescents has led to creative consultative relationships between child psychiatrists in academic centers and the primary care clinicians who see young patients in their offices. Programs already exist in places like Washington state and Massachusetts. There, child psychiatrists are easily available during working hours to consult by phone with pediatricians. The psychiatrists also can do face-to-face evaluations of children referred by the pediatricians when needed and offer periodic in-service training in psychiatry to pediatricians and their staffs. Now, psychiatrists and pediatricians have formed the National Network of Child Psychiatry Access Programs to support the development and sustainability of state and local programs in 25 states and help new ones to develop. For more information on integrated pediatric care, see *[Psychiatric News](http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsarticle.aspx?articleid=114031)*. (Image: Leah-Anne Thompson/Shutterstock.com) [pediatrics](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/pediatrics), [primary care](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/primary-care), [child psychiatry](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/child-psychiatry) ## Related posts [![](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/teen_therapist_43003774-Jun-24-2025-09-27-55-0588-PM.jpg?height=200&name=teen_therapist_43003774-Jun-24-2025-09-27-55-0588-PM.jpg) ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2019/12/many-us-counties-have-no-child.html) [pediatrics](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/pediatrics), [access to care](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/access-to-care), [mental health](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/mental-health), [child psychiatrists](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/child-psychiatrists) ## [Many U.S. Counties Have No Child Psychiatrists, Study Finds](https://alert.psychnews.org/2019/12/many-us-counties-have-no-child.html) ![Picture of Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Psych%20News%20Email%20Banners/PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png?width=50&name=PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png) [Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert) 12/27/19 12:00 AM Though the total number of child psychiatrists in the United States increased between 2007 and... 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