About The Study: In this cohort study of children at federally qualified health centers implementing behavioral health integration, receipt of encounters with behavioral health clinicians and psychotropic prescriptions were associated with improved psychosocial symptoms, suggesting that expanding integrated pediatric behavioral health care might enhance behavioral health outcomes among marginalized pediatric populations.
Corresponding author: To contact the corresponding author, R. Christopher Sheldrick, Ph.D., email radley.sheldrick@umassmed.edu .
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(doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.32020)
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