'In Massachusetts, folks like to say we don't necessarily have a shortage of clinicians — we have a shortage of clinicians that take insurance.' Lesli Suggs, of Home for Little Wanderers, joined WBUR to talk about children and mental health.
According to the CDC, an increased number of children experienced poor mental health during the pandemic.
"We're very lucky to have a robust system of care that provides mental health services to kids. Yet we just don't have the workforce. We don't have enough access that to keep up with the demand.""Even prior to the pandemic, we were seeing an increase in mental health concerns for kids. Between 2009 and 2019, kids reporting having feelings of sadness and hopelessness had increased 40%. So already, prior to the pandemic, children were struggling.
On the challenges that mental health service providers are facing in providing access to mental health counselors for kids "So folks come in to organizations like The Home for Little Wanderers, they train, they get their license, and they move on either to hospital systems or to private practice. The demand is very real. And the access is challenged because of the workforce crisis that we're experiencing.""The solutions are, I think, multifaceted. Certainly increasing access, paying attention to reimbursement rates, looking at the credentials that clinicians need to have, the level of education ..
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