Minnesota's Psychiatric Assistance Line receives the 2019 Community Gold Award from the American Psychiatric Association

NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Psychiatric Association recognized the state of Minnesota as a national leader in increasing access to psychiatric health care. The Psychiatric Assistance Line (PAL) was created in 2014 through a grant from the Minnesota Department of Human Services to create better access to mental health triage and psychiatric consultation for primary care providers across the state. Board Certified Psychiatrists and Clinical Social Workers from PrairieCare Medical Group are available on-demand to provide psychiatric consultation services that prevent delays in care and support evidence-based mental health care in the primary care settings. The PAL service offers quarterly trainings on evidence-based mental health treatments, and provides free access to the Fast-Tracker, an online tool that helps link clients to specialty mental health services in their community.