Pediatric mental health (MH) concerns, including depression, anxiety, loneliness and social isolation, and suicide, have increased markedly in the last decade and are critical factors associated with population health. While effective interventions for these conditions have been developed and pediatric health care professionals increasingly address MH concerns as a central component of clinical practice, our health care systems have not met the challenge of providing evidence-based treatment to all young people who need it. Too many children never receive adequate MH assessment¹ or timely intervention,² and access to specialty MH clinicians is inadequate. In addition, the treatments that are delivered are often incomplete and ineffective, particularly for the most vulnerable children. The current state of care delivery must be improved to implement high-quality care more broadly and produce better outcomes.

儿科心理健康 (MH) 问题，包括抑郁、焦虑、孤独和社会孤立以及自杀，在过去十年中显着增加，是与人口健康相关的关键因素。虽然已经针对这些疾病制定了有效的干预措施，并且儿科医疗保健专业人员越来越多地将 MH 问题作为临床实践的核心组成部分来解决，但我们的医疗保健系统还没有应对为所有需要它的年轻人提供循证治疗的挑战。太多儿童从未接受过充分的 MH 评估¹或及时干预²并且获得专业 MH 临床医生的机会不足。此外，提供的治疗往往不完整且无效，尤其是对最脆弱的儿童而言。必须改善目前的护理服务状态，以更广泛地实施高质量的护理并产生更好的结果。