Key points

Access to child psychiatry eases children’s symptoms and strengthens traits that benefit them in future work.

Better childhood mental health is associated with better educational attainment and emotional intelligence.

In the long term, supporting child psychiatry is both ethical and economically beneficial.

By Richard Zhang, MD, MA , and the Work and Organizations Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

Every working adult was once a playing child. Coping mechanisms and how one adapts to employment can be traced back to early experiences. Yet, recent cuts in hundreds of billions of dollars to Medicaid put access to mental health care for children at risk. Cuts to Medicaid, the largest payer for children’s mental health services, are harmful to implemen

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