Prior authorization for child and adolescent psychiatric patients deemed to be in need of inpatient admission

Amy Funkenstein; Stephanie Hartselle; J. Wesley Boyd

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2016.02.027

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Prior authorization for child and adolescent psychiatric patients deemed to be in need of inpatient admission☆

Amy Funkenstein, MD

Department of Psychiatry, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

Stephanie Hartselle, MD

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI

J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD

Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, 26 Central Street, Somerville, MA, 02143

Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, 26 Central Street, Somerville, MA, 02143

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2016.02.027

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Four million children and adolescents in the US suffer from a serious mental disorder that causes significant functional impairments at home, at school and with peers [1]. In any given year, only 20% of children with mental disorders are identified and receive mental health services [2]. In youth, many of these disorders can have life-long deleterious effects.

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