title: Child and adolescent psychiatry leadership in public mental health, child welfare, and developmental disabilities agencies.
abstract: Child and adolescent psychiatrists are in a unique position to provide administrative and clinical leadership to public agencies. In mental health, services for children and adolescents in early childhood, school, child welfare, and juvenile justice settings, transition-aged youth programs, workforce development, family and youth leadership programs, and use of Medicaid waivers for home- and community-based service system development are described. In child welfare, collaboration between an academic child psychiatry department and a state child welfare department is described. In developmental disabilities, the role of the child and adolescent psychiatrist administrator is described providing administrative leadership, clinical consultation, quality review, and oversight of health and behavioral health plans for persons with developmental disabilities.
authors: State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Mental Hygiene Administration, Office of Child and Adolescent Services, Spring Grove Hospital Center, Catonsville, MD 21228, USA. azachik@dhmh.state.md.us
authors: Albert A
authors: AA
authors: Zachik
authors: Michael W
authors: MW
authors: Naylor
authors: Robert L
authors: RL
authors: Klaehn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003158:Community Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D040381:Education, Public Health Professional / Q000379:methods; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D007857:Leadership; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D010819:Physician's Role; D011600:Psychopharmacology / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States