Direct line to youth psychiatric treatment coming to Cd'A
Idaho Pediatric Psychiatry Access Line program director Shannon McDowell speaks with Jeffrey Shirts, M.D. at Lakeside Pediatrics about on Nov. 6 about implementing the new program.
Courtesy of Caiti Bobbitt
Children and adolescents in crisis have scarce options for psychiatric treatment in North Idaho.
Dr. Jeffrey Shirts of Lakeside Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine in Coeur d’Alene, said no adolescent psychiatrists practice in the area, and patients often travel to Boise or Spokane for treatment.
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