Children's President and CEO Advocates for Improvements in Children's Mental Health Care May 06, 2014

Kurt Newman, MD, President and CEO, talks to the Washington Business Journal about advancing pediatric mental health care. Dr. Newman says access to care is one of the main issues with pediatric mental health care. He believes we need to make the same commitment as we have to cancer or heart disease.

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