An FDA counterpart would begin testing and put their stamp of approval on proven non-drug therapies. Agencies to coordinate referrals and interdisciplinary teamwork would be born. Insurance companies would reimburse for evidence-based care. Doctors would update their knowledge, change their practice and hold themselves accountable. But for now, nurses are the front line healthcare professionals with an orientation towards psychosocial assessment and patient advocacy.
Nurses can get the ball rolling, one child at a time.
For that one child, it could be all the revolution she ll ever need. Of Two Minds, the growing disorder in American Psychiatry . National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health. National Action Agenda for Children s Mental Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.