Document Type
Psychiatry Issue Brief
Publication Date
2019-10-16
DOI
10.7191/pib.1139
Abstract
At a time when the general standard of child welfare and mental health provision has been improving, some important groups in Massachusetts remain under-served. One such is children suffering from trauma. Despite various state-wide efforts to educate professionals about the evidence-based treatments available, trauma sufferers have typically faced long waits to receive these treatments, with average waiting times at some larger mental health agencies stretching to four or even six months. In this brief, we are presenting the implementation of a highly innovative Centralized Referral System – LINK-KID – developed at the Child Trauma Training Center (CTTC) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. LINK-KID referral system connects children in need of evidence-based trauma treatment with mental health providers who have been trained in these treatments.
Subject Area
Children, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma
Keywords
child mental health, childhood trauma, trauma treatment for children, adolescent mental health, adolescent mental health treatment, child mental health treatment, Massachusetts, CTTC, UMass Medical School CTTC, Child Trauma Training Center, LINK-KID, CTTC LINK-KID, UMass LINK-KID, mental health referral for children, mental health referral for adolescents
Recommended Citation
Kostova Z, Griffin JL. Linking Kids with Trauma to Evidence-Based Treatment: Implementation of a Centralized Referral System at the Child Trauma Training Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Psychiatry Information in Brief 16(6):1139. https://doi.org/10.7191/pib.1139. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/pib/vol16/iss6/1
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