Mental Health Service Availability for Autistic Youth in New York City: An Examination of the Developmental Disability and Mental Health Service Systems

Autor/inn/en	Cervantes, Paige E.; Conlon, Greta R.; Seag, Dana E. M.; Feder, Michael; Lang, Qortni; Meril, Samantha; Baroni, Argelinda; Li, Annie; Hoagwood, Kimberly E.; Horwitz, Sarah M.
Titel	Mental Health Service Availability for Autistic Youth in New York City: An Examination of the Developmental Disability and Mental Health Service Systems
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 27 (2023) 3, S.704-713 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cervantes, Paige E.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/13623613221112202
Schlagwörter	Autism Spectrum Disorders; Youth; Mental Health Programs; Developmental Disabilities; Suicide; Risk Management; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Access to Health Care; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autism; Autismus; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Entwicklungsstörung; Selbstmord; Risikomanagement; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Psychiatric conditions are common in autism; however, a multitude of barriers exist in accessing community-based mental health care for autistic youth. Perhaps the first and most formidable barrier is identifying a provider that offers mental health treatment to autistic youth within the many service systems involved in supporting the autism community. These systems typically function independently of one another, contributing to the complexity of accessing services. To identify gaps caused by New York's multisystem care model for autistic youth, and as part of a larger quality improvement initiative to advance suicide risk management in several New York City emergency departments, we conducted a telephone survey to identify outpatient mental health service availability for autistic youth with depressive symptoms or suicidal thoughts or behaviors in New York City across the state's mental health and developmental disability systems. Results demonstrated that while a greater proportion of clinics in the mental health system compared with agencies in the developmental disability system offered outpatient mental health services to autistic youth (47.1% vs 25.0%), there is remarkably limited service availability overall. Efforts to reduce these care inequities through policy reform and improving workforce capacity are urgently needed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01