Historically, physical and mental health care are not practiced by the same physician, let alone in the same room. But this organization is working to change that, in hopes of providing holistic care for families across the country.
The REACH Institute is a nonprofit organization that trains pediatric primary care physicians on mental health diagnoses and treatment. REACH has successfully trained 6,000 providers since its founding in 2006 and is set on growing its numbers. Given the Biden administration’s recent inclusion of the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Wellbeing Act, which is also working to provide mental health cross-training for primary care doctors, REACH is not alone in recognizing how damaging this knowledge gap is for families.
