Adolescent Mental Health Resources

 

Maine Pediatric and Behavioral Health Partnership - Pediatric Mental Health Care Access

The Mission of the Maine Pediatric & Behavioral Health Partnership is to educate, support and empower pediatric care providers and their clinical team members through training and ongoing web-based and telephonic patient care consultations with behavioral health providers.

The Maine Pediatric & Behavioral Health Partnership Program is designed to implement a standard of care change for health care providers in Maine to improve access to pediatric behavioral health care. The goal is to maximize the functioning of the current system, not replace it.

Maine Pediatric & Behavioral Health Partnership is available to registered providers and practices for all children and families, regardless of insurance or financial status. Maine Pediatric & Behavioral Health Partnership services are provided free of charge. The program is funded through a HRSA grant and State of Maine annual matched funds.

To get more information about the program or to enroll, please call 1-833-MPBHP11 (1-833-672-4711).

Call the ACCESS Line at 1-833-672-4711 Monday thru Friday 9am-4pm to request a consultation!

View a project Poster comparing Access Programs submitted by Dr. Deb Hagler and her intern at the Maine AAP Spring Conference 2023

Mental Health Tools and Resources

• AAP Clinical Guidance and Policy

  Mental Health/Mental Health Competencies

• Physician Education and Training

  Includes a video series, telehealth modules, access to online courses, and more to help in the delivery of mental health care.

• AAP Practice Tools and Resources

  Includes guidance on getting your practice ready; practice workflow tools; and examples of brief interventions and symptom-based care

• Mental Health Resources for Families

  This section contains handouts and articles for families to help them support their child/adolescent’s healthy mental development.

• National and Community Resources

  This section provides helpful links to key external organizations that have mental health resources for children, adolescents, and families

• Physician Health and Wellness

  Find resources to support your own self-care and wellness

   

• Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention

  An educational resource that provides strategies for identifying and supporting youth at risk for suicide.

• Child Mind Institute: Family Resource Center

  Find information to help you support children who are struggling with mental health, behavior or learning challenges.

Anxiety & Depression Resources & Tools

• Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC)

  The guidelines were recently reaffirmed by the AAP in June 2025. 

• Toolkit: Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care

  The GLAD-PC Toolkit helps primary care providers to put the GLAD-PC guidelines into effect. 

• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Anxiety Disorders

  2020 AACAP anxiety guidelines.

• Clinical Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Major and Persistent Depressive Disorders

  2020 AACAP depression guidelines.

• REACH Mental Health Training

  REACH uses state-of-the-art, interactive methods grounded in the science of behavior change to teach effective methods for helping children and adults who suffer from mental and emotional health challenges.