Advocacy Work
Addressing the Crisis of Youth Mental Health in Oregon
Oregon youth & families and OCCAP members are experiencing the crisis in youth mental health first hand. OCCAP leadership is working to address the challenges and develop resolutions.
Featured in the OMA Newsletter, Feb 12, 2022
“Youth Mental Health in Oregon”
Introduced by OCCAP Executive Committee member, Kirk Wolfe, MD, DFAACAP, DFAPA, OMA Board of Trustees and Mary McCarthy, MD, OMA Board of Trustees
ADOPTED AS AMENDED. To be placed in the OMA’s “Where We Stand” positions document. This resolution states that OMA will support an awareness campaign on the crisis of youth mental health and substance use in Oregon. In addition, OMA will: recommend review of a state study on whether mental health parity is being fully implemented in Oregon; support improved state and federal funding dedicated to ensuring all youth can access evidence-based mental health and substance use screening, diagnosis and treatment; and promote the adoption of effective and financially stable mental health care in primary care pediatrics and family practices.
Introduced by OCCAP Executive Committee member, Kirk Wolfe, MD, DFAACAP, DFAPA, OMA Board of Trustees and Mary McCarthy, MD, OMA Board of Trustees
ADOPTED AS AMENDED. To be placed in the OMA’s “Where We Stand” positions document. This resolution states that OMA will support an awareness campaign on the crisis of youth mental health and substance use in Oregon. In addition, OMA will: recommend review of a state study on whether mental health parity is being fully implemented in Oregon; support improved state and federal funding dedicated to ensuring all youth can access evidence-based mental health and substance use screening, diagnosis and treatment; and promote the adoption of effective and financially stable mental health care in primary care pediatrics and family practices.
Oregon Children's Mental Health Taskforce
A joint committee of the Oregon Pediatric Society and Oregon Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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