For the past year, child psychiatry clinicians at the Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families (VCCYF) have been assigned to primary care practices across the state to be available for questions made through phone or email (or this blog).  The program is supported by the Vermont Child Health Improvement Program (VCHIP) and comes at no cost to the primary care practices.

Many practices have signed up.  However, the number of questions submitted have remained small.  This past quarter, only 19 questions were submitted from 12 primary care clinicians (with only 5 from the previous quarter).  At the same time, the number of requests for in-person consultation has remained relatively constant, reflecting continued need for child psychiatry services.