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  Two new telehealth.hhs.gov videos featuring VMAP are now available for viewing. In these short clips, learn how providers can use telehealth to improve access to mental health care for their pediatric patients. These telehealth videos, as well as other Pediatric Mental Health [...]

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Two years after its official unveiling, the Virginia Mental Health Access Program (VMAP) has helped mitigate the shortage of Virginia’s pediatric mental health workforce and is poised for expansion. VMAP helps healthcare providers across Virginia better care for children and adolescents with mental [...]

Sandy Chung, MD Sandy L. Chung, M.D., FAAP, of Fairfax, Va., has been voted AAP president-elect. She ran against Joseph L. Wright, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, of Cheverly, Md. Dr. Chung will take over as president on Jan. 1, 2023, following Moira A. Szilagyi, [...]

Richmond, Va. (June 21, 2021) – The Virginia Mental Health Access Program (VMAP), a statewide initiative that helps health care providers take better care of children and adolescents with mental health conditions, announced its official partnership with Unite Us, a technology company that [...]

Sabrina Moreno | May 28, 2021 Emergency room doctors in Virginia are reporting ERs filled with children waiting for an open bed at psychiatric hospitals. Pediatricians are hearing kids as young as 10 talk about having thoughts of suicide. At least 90,000 Virginians [...]

Gov. Northam, Sec. Carey Help Launch Virginia Mental Health Access Program RICHMOND, Va., May 19, 2021 – As part of the state’s observation of May as Mental Health Awareness Month, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and Dr. Daniel Carey, Virginia’s Secretary of Health and [...]

The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation has awarded VMAP a 2021 grant. Funds will go toward supporting VMAP outreach in the City of Lynchburg and Counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell.

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In response to 'crisis,' primary care physicians to get training, consultations ROANOKE, Va. - A new statewide program aims to give more children access to mental health care. Psychiatrists in Virginia say access is a growing problem, as many families wait months for [...]

Virginia ranks 40th in the country for access to mental health services, according to a recent report from Mental Health America. It can be especially challenging to find psychiatrists for young people. A group of advocates and doctors are asking state lawmakers for more [...]