Increasing Health Equity in Pediatric Mental Health Care Services in New Mexico: The NM Access to Behavioral Health for Children (NM-ABC) Program

Monday, May 8, 2023

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CST

Attending Author(s)

Marcia Moriarta, PsyD, Licensed Psychologist (she/her/hers)

Professor, UNM Department of Pediatrics
Center for Development and Disability, University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Author(s)

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Susan Chacon, LCMSW

Director, Title V Children’s Medical Services Program
New Mexico Department of Health
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Anthony G. Cahill, PhD

Director, Division of Disabilty and Health Policy
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Karen Longenecker, LISW, IMH-E(3) (she/her/hers)

Clinical Director, New Mexico Access to Behavioral Health for Children
Center for Development and Disability, University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Co-Author(s)

Julia Oppenheimer, PhD, IMH-E(III) (she/her/hers)

Director for Early Childhood Clinical Services
Center for Development & Disability, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Sylvia Acosta, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director of Psychology Training
Center for Development and Disability, University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Amy Rouse, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

The New Mexico Title V program and the University of New Mexico’s Center for Development and Disability are working to help the state’s pediatric primary care providers to better diagnose and treat behavioral and mental health issues in children, particularly those from the state’s Native American and Hispanic communities. The New Mexico Access to Behavioral Health for Children project (NM-ABC) has three major activities.

The first is an interdisciplinary, cohort-based, ECHO training and professional development program for pediatric behavioral health providers. The second is a provider consultation line for pediatric primary care providers, including physicians, nurses, social workers, and community behavioral health providers. The final element is an Online Pediatric Behavioral Health Resource Center and Information Hub.