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CHAMP

A free peer-to-peer consultation
and educational service for providers
in Mississippi

CHAMP's Goal

The goal of the CHild Access to Mental Health and Psychiatry service, or CHAMP, is to improve access to care for at-risk populations with mental health concerns and behavioral challenges by assisting the medical providers who treat them throughout Mississippi. Populations span from pediatric, adolescents, young adult, and perinatal. CHAMP provides quick access to free peer-to-peer psychiatric consultation and resource referrals to medical providers seeing patients right where they are – in the medical home.

CHAMP is a non-urgent, educational consultation services only and at no time takes on the care of the patient nor has direct patient involvement. Instead, CHAMP delivers education on a variety of specific topics pertaining to early childhood development, child mental health, and perinatal mental health. We measure our success by medical providers' increased confidence in their ability to treat mental health issues and the improved mental health of the populations they treat in Mississippi.

Learn More About Us
Meet the CHAMP Team

Provider Contacts CHAMP

CHAMP Assigns Mental Health Specialist

CHAMP Specialist Calls Primary Care Provider

CHAMP CONSULT LINE(601)984-2080Request a Consult Online

How CHAMP Works

  1. A provider identifies a mental health concern with one of their patients. The provider can then reach out to the CHAMP Consult Line for clinical guidance on the evidenced-based options to treat the mental health concern. CHAMP's intake coordinator answers the call and does a brief intake to understand the primary concern.
  2. Based on the primary concern, the CHAMP coordinator will then assign and schedule a CHAMP Mental Health specialist to call the provider. This time is set up based on the providers availability and can happen the same day.
  3. The assigned CHAMP Mental Health Specialist calls the provider back.

* Consultations usually involve medication management, behavioral interventions, screening, or referral assistance. CHAMP continues to be available for educational consultations as needed for either the same patient or a new patient.

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