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Schools play an important role in identifying and attending to children’s mental health needs. They serve as the most common institutional entry point to mental health services for youth, often connecting them with community-based services to improve health outcomes. Indeed, more than half of all adolescents who received mental health services accessed them in an educational setting, either alone or in conjunction with services provided in the community. My research examines the role of schools on mental health outcomes and healthcare use by using novel administrative data in Tennessee. I find that students in schools that increase capacity for mental health services experience changes in mental health status and healthcare use.
Featuring:
Carrie Fry, PhD
Assistant Professor, Health Policy
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Carrie Fry, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She prioritizes research that produces rigorous, timely and relevant evidence to inform program and policy decisions. Her work focuses on the impact of health reform measures—particularly in the Medicaid program—on health and social well-being. She also conducts methodological research that improves health services and health policy research.
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Schools play an important role in identifying and attending to children’s mental health needs. They serve as the most common institutional entry point to mental health services for youth, often connecting them with community-based services to improve health outcomes. Indeed, more than half of all adolescents who received mental health services accessed them in an educational setting, either alone or in conjunction with services provided in the community. My research examines the role of schools on mental health outcomes and healthcare use by using novel administrative data in Tennessee. I find that students in schools that increase capacity for mental health services experience changes in mental health status and healthcare use.
Featuring:
Carrie Fry, PhD
Assistant Professor, Health Policy
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Carrie Fry, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She prioritizes research that produces rigorous, timely and relevant evidence to inform program and policy decisions. Her work focuses on the impact of health reform measures—particularly in the Medicaid program—on health and social well-being. She also conducts methodological research that improves health services and health policy research.
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Visit the Feinberg website: https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/
SUBSCRIBE: spr.ly/60073dxlv
TWITTER (X): spr.ly/60003dxmj
INSTAGRAM: spr.ly/60083dxWi
FACEBOOK: spr.ly/60063dxW0
LINKEDIN: spr.ly/60063dxqG
About Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois:
Our mission is to impact the practice of medicine through discovery and education to improve human health.
