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Multidisciplinary debriefing meetings in a home visit program to improve access to mental health services for adolescents and young adults

MULTIDISCIPLINARY DEBRIEFS IN A HOME VISITS PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS

Weekly multidisciplinary debriefing meetings linked to home visits were successfully implemented within 24 hours of each visit, with sustained participation across disciplines.

The study aims to describe the implementation of weekly multidisciplinary debriefing meetings within a mental health home visit program for adolescents and young adults. As the rationale for the program, the study reports that 148 million people in the United States live in mental health professional shortage areas, more than 3 million people in Louisiana live in underserved communities, one in five adults experiences a mental health problem each year, one in six adolescents aged 12 to 17 experiences a major depressive episode each year, and the median wait time for a new adolescent psychiatry appointment is 50 days. Since 2024, the HRSA-funded BAYOU Bridges program has held online case discussions lasting approximately one hour within 24 hours of home visits conducted by primary care physicians; the resident physician who assessed the patient presents the case, specialists in child and adolescent psychiatry, social work, addiction medicine, and primary care review the treatment plan and provide recommendations, and the residents then conduct follow-up consultations. As of August 2026, 71 multidisciplinary meetings had been held following 108 home visits; 24 resident physicians, 8 faculty members, and 1 administrative staff member participated in these meetings, which covered 30 patients. Weekly discussions were sustained with participation across specialties, and the model was found to be feasible for coordinating interdisciplinary collaborative care. Recommendations were grouped under clinical decision-making and follow-up, care coordination, behavioral health and safety, and social and community support. The meetings also provided educational opportunities through the sharing of expertise across disciplines; the model may enable specialist mental health expertise to be incorporated into primary care follow-up while patients wait for care through traditional referral pathways. Further evaluation is needed to determine its impact on care coordination, access to specialist services, clinical outcomes, and resident learning.

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