The US Army has developed an innovative School Behavioral Health (SBH) program, which was initiated by Tripler Army Medical Center at schools on Schofield Barracks in Hawaii in the late 1990s and has since expanded to 7 additional installations in the United States and Germany.
•Expansion of the SBH program has been associated with the establishment in 2009 of the Child, Adolescent and Family Behavioral Health Office at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington State, and the increasing prioritization of behavioral health care tailored to meet the needs of this population.
•The SBH program is expanding to be part of a broader effort referred to as the Child and Family Behavioral Health System, a collaborative, consultative behavioral health care model that includes SBH, standardized training of primary care providers in treatment of common behavioral health problems, use of tele-consultation/tele-behavioral health, optimizing community outreach services, and integration with other related behavioral health services.
The Evolution of a School Behavioral Health Model in the U.S. Army
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Faran, M. E., Johnson, P. L., Ban, P., Shue, T., & Weist, M. D. (2015). The Evolution of a School Behavioral Health Model in the US Army. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America.