![]() Understandably, Kaye said, that makes many of them reluctant to work with their patients on these issues. While primary care providers see children and new parents for routine care, they typically receive minimal training in dealing with patients’ mental health needs. Kaye, MD, professor of psychiatry in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo and child psychiatrist with UBMD Psychiatry. “This country has long had a critical shortage of mental health professionals and has not supported mental health treatment adequately,” said David L. The American Academy of Pediatrics calls it “a national children’s mental health emergency.” And obstetrician/gynecologists and other primary care providers are seeing increased anxiety and depression in their pregnant and postpartum patients. Surgeon General is warning that America’s youth face a “devastating” mental health crisis. ![]()
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