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MISSION

CO-MAP Mission: To increase mental health identification and support strategies for primary and other healthcare providers. Increase peer-to-peer mental health consultation, education, and support services to frontline healthcare workers treating patients across the lifespan.

VISION

CO-MAP Vision: To provide primary care healthcare workers the resources they need to effectively support and treat their patients mental and behavioral health needs. 

VALUES

CO-MAP Values: Diversity, equity, timely access, evidence-based services

CoPPCAP (Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Pediatric Psychiatry Access & Consultation Program)

• For ages 0 – 25

Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Pediatric Psychiatry Access & Consultation Program, is a Child Psychiatry Access Program (CPAP) developed to assist Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå pediatric primary care providers assess and provide treatment for pediatric behavioral/mental health conditions presenting in the primary care setting.

The first CPAP was initiated in 2004 in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (www.MCPAP.org) to address the unmet mental health needs of youth in Massachusetts. MCPAP’s model was developed to provide real time peer telephone consultation around youth mental health concerns, identification of community resources, brief face-to-face consultation of patients to guide care and co-manage, along with an educational platform to support primary care providers. CPAPs is some version are now operating in roughly 35 states.

PROSPER (Perinatal Resource Supporting Obstetric Screening, Psychiatric Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå, Equity, and Referral) 

• For pregnant and postpartum patients

Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå PROSPER is a free state-wide perinatal psychiatry phone and e-consultation program with a goal to expand the capacity of front-line healthcare providers to implement universal screening, assessment and treatment of perinatal mental health and substance use conditions within routine obstetric and primary care.

EASY (Effective Access and Support from psychiatrY)

• For ages 26 and older

EASY is a program to support primary care providers in providing mental health assessments and treatments in the setting where mental illness and substance use disorders are commonly detected. This program has been developed on the core principles of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation & Access Program (CoPPCAP) and extends to support across the lifespan of the patient.

Learn more about EASY here

Peer to Peer Consultations:

Telephone consultation (within 45 minutes of a request) with a psychiatris, psychologist, or other appropriate specialists to answer general questions or specific patient-related questions to support assessment and treatment in the primary care setting

Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå & Screening Tools:

We have partnered with ECHO Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå (Extension for Community Health Outcomes), who leverage learning, training and practice support to give voice to health care knowledge across Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå and beyond. The Office of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Mental Health Access Programs (CO-MAP) offers learning services for medical providers throughout the year.

Screening Toolkits and Care Guides have been developed for practices to easily access and use. Resource materials vary by program and are continually updated and expanded.

Referrals & Resources

A Care Coordinator will identify and provide resources and referrals tailored to the individual needs of each patient.