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How Northwell built a front door to youth mental healthcare that isn’t the ED 

By Ella Ruder 1 min read

About six years ago, Northwell Health launched a school mental health pilot on Long Island with the goal of meeting children where they are, according to Scott Falkowitz, DO, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and medical director of the Northwell School Mental Health Program.  Today, the New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based system partners with school districts across Long Island and Westchester County. Its behavioral health center in Mount Kisco, N.Y., saw more than 1,100 new pediatric patients in its first year. Only nine were referred to an emergency department. The need… Originally published in Becker’s Hospital Review. Read More

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