Health Care Half Hour: Accessing care for youth with complex behavioral health needs

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<h1>Health Care Half Hour: Accessing care for youth with complex behavioral health needs</h1><br /> <p class=”byline”>by Editor, North Carolina Health News <br />April 21, 2022</p></p> <p><p>In this Health Care Half Hour, NCHN rural health reporter Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven talks with Joonu-Noel Andrews Coste, Attorney with Disability Rights North Carolina, and Delia Bailey, a parent advocate. They discuss the challenges NC children with both behavioral health needs and developmental disabilities face when trying to access care, and how this challenge looks different when a child has Medicaid versus when they have private insurance.</p><br /> <figure class=”wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio”><br /> <div class=”wp-block-embed__wrapper”><br /> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Health Care Half Hour - Accessing care for youth with complex behavioral health needs" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ie3a2Dkhb7k?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /> </div><br /> </figure><br /> <p>For more on this subject, you can find Clarissa’s previous reporting here: </p><br /> <p><strong><a href=”https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2022/04/19/for-kids-with-complex-behavioral-needs-medicaid-often-provides-better-coverage/”>For kids with complex behavioral needs, Medicaid often provides better coverage</a></strong></p><br /> <p><strong><a href=”https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2022/02/08/seven-months-into-ncs-medicaid-transition-data-show-patients-are-still-confused/”>Seven months into NC’s Medicaid transition, data show patients are still With </a><a href=”https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2022/04/21/with-medicaid-and-mental-health-in-the-mix-juvenile-court-gets-tricky/”>Medicaid and mental health in the mix, juvenile court gets tricky</a></strong></p><br /> <p><strong>Health Care Half Hour</strong>&nbsp;is a monthly conversation between one of our reporters and health care experts, held on the third Thursday of every month. Previous sessions include a conversation on the&nbsp;<a href=”https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2021/06/17/overuse-of-involuntary-commitments-in-north-carolina/”>use and overuse of involuntary commitment in North Carolina</a>, a <a href=”https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2021/08/19/health-care-half-hour-dr-david-wohl-answers-your-questions-about-the-delta-variant/”>talk with infectious disease specialist Dr. David Wohl on the Delta variant</a> and an examination of <a href=”https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2021/10/21/health-care-half-hour-environmental-justice-in-eastern-nc/”>how hog farming in eastern NC has affected communities of color</a>. </p></p> <p>This <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2022/04/21/health-care-half-hour-accessing-care-for-youth-with-complex-behavioral-health-needs/”>article</a> first appeared on <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org”>North Carolina Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src=”https://i0.wp.com/www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon02.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1″ style=”width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;”><img id=”republication-tracker-tool-source” src=”https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=38810&ga=UA-28368570-1″ style=”width:1px;height:1px;” width=”1″ height=”1″></p> <p>