KPIX CBS Overnight News October 2, 2015
Adolescence psychologist. There is a pilot program, theyre training peed trig inin to evaluate the kids, via telemedicine or the phone. 10 of the time do the kids then need to be seen face to face by the psychiatrist. What this does its remove the bottleneck and children have been evaluated much more quickly. There are a total of 17 such programs in the United States right now. Relatively small pilot programs. The idea here is early intervention. Increase access to care, maybe treating them earlier will make a big difference. Dr. Jon lapook, jon, thank you very much. In another major story we ...