密苏里州：密苏里大学儿童福祉中心获640万美元联邦拨款 扩展乡村儿童精神科服务
密苏里大学医学院儿童福祉中心获得640万美元联邦拨款，用于扩展面向密苏里州乡村地区儿童与母亲的精神科与行为健康支持项目。这笔资金经乡村健康转型计划拨付，是美国联邦医疗保险与医疗补助服务中心授予密苏里州的联邦投资的一部分，将在五年内由密苏里州心理健康厅与社会服务厅负责管理。
其中，密苏里州儿童精神科接入项目（MO-CPAP）将获得290万美元，把医疗与社会服务提供者同可就儿童行为健康问题提供咨询的儿童精神科医生连接起来，并帮助家庭找到本地的咨询与治疗资源。中心主任 Laine Young Walker 表示，近期研究显示密苏里州约两至三成儿童可能患有至少一种精神疾病，但未必有合适的治疗资源，该项目正是为填补这一缺口。
孕产妇健康接入项目（MHAP）将获得340万美元。该项目目前为围产期医疗提供者提供针对孕期与产后患者的行为健康咨询，扩展后还将增加来自母胎医学专家的心脏代谢咨询。中心表示，心脏代谢疾病是密苏里州孕产妇死亡的主要原因之一，行为健康问题同样是重要因素，新拨款将把更多咨询与培训机会带到乡村社区。
Missouri: University of Missouri Center for Child Well-Being Receives $6.4 Million Federal Grant for Rural Child Psychiatry
The University of Missouri School of Medicine's Center for Child Well-Being has received a $6.4 million federal grant to expand psychiatric and behavioral health support programs serving children and mothers in rural Missouri. The funding, awarded through the Rural Health Transformation Program as part of a federal investment awarded to Missouri by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will be administered by the Missouri Department of Mental Health and the Missouri Department of Social Services over a five-year period.
The Missouri Child Psychiatry Access Project, known as MO-CPAP, will receive $2.9 million to connect health care and social service providers with child psychiatrists who can consult on behavioral health concerns involving children, and to help families identify local counseling and treatment resources. Center director Laine Young Walker said recent studies report that 20 to 30 percent of Missouri's children may have at least one psychiatric condition, but may not have the right resources to treat or cope with their symptoms, and that MO-CPAP fills that gap.
The Maternal Health Access Project, MHAP, will receive $3.4 million. The program currently provides perinatal health care providers with behavioral health consultations for pregnant and postpartum patients, and under the expansion it will also begin facilitating cardiometabolic consultations from maternal-fetal medicine specialists. The center said cardiometabolic diseases are a leading cause of maternal mortality in Missouri, and that the grant will focus more on rural populations in the fight to reduce maternal mortality.
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