What’s VMAP?

The Virginia Mental Health Access Program (VMAP) is a statewide initiative that increases access and improves mental, behavioral, and emotional health and development by providing education, consultation, and care navigation to medical providers of infants, children, adolescents, young adults, and pregnant & postpartum people.

VMAP is a state and federally-funded program available to Virginia providers at no cost.

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How VMAP Helps Prescribers

The VMAP Line

The VMAP Line offers same-day psychiatric and mental health consultation for primary care clinicians regarding patients 21 & under. Virginia prescribers can call to connect with experts like:

  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists
  • Developmental Pediatricians
  • Licensed Mental Health Professionals

Prescribers can also access care navigation to help their patients connect with mental health resources.

Call Line Directory

888-371-8627 x 1

For calls regarding pregnant/postpartum patients or the parent of your pediatric patient with mental health concerns.

Call VMAP for Moms+

888-371-8627 x 2

For calls regarding patients 21 & under with mental health concerns. Press 2, then 6 to connect with our Early Childhood Hub for patients under six.

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Provider Education

VMAP offers a variety of expert-led pediatric and perinatal mental health trainings with optional CME and/or MOC credit.

Pediatric/Adolescent CME Offerings

  • REACH PPP: Mini-fellowship followed by case-based distance learning
  • VMAP ECHO: Monthly virtual cohorts with tracks for specialized interests
  • Pearls & Pitfalls: Bi-monthly webinars on critical and PCP-requested topics
  • Beyond the Basics: Advanced learning opportunity for former REACH PPP participants
  • VMAP Guidebook: Evidence-based practices and resources for pediatric & adolescent prescribers

Early Childhood CME Offerings

Perinatal CME Offerings

Offered through VMAP for Moms+

  • PEACE: Learn to managing perinatal mental health conditions for patients in your practice

The VMAP Line

The VMAP Line offers same-day consultation for PCPs regarding patients 21 & under. Virginia PCPs can call to connect with experts like:

  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists
  • Developmental Pediatricians
  • Licensed Mental Health Providers

Providers can also access care navigation to help their patients connect with local mental health resources and referrals.

Provider Education

VMAP offers a variety of expert-led pediatric mental health trainings with optional CME and/or MOC credit. Our core offerings include:

  • REACH PPP: Mini-fellowship followed by case-based distance learning.
  • VMAP ECHO: Monthly virtual cohorts with tracks for specialized interests.
  • Pearls & Pitfalls: Bi-monthly webinars on critical and PCP-requested topics.

Virginia PCPs can also utilize the VMAP Guidebook, which is a compilation of evidence-based practices, up-to-date resources, and practical knowledge specifically designed for pediatric and adolescent healthcare providers.

“VMAP’s assistance has been beneficial in a multitude of ways. Accessing mental health services on an “emergency” basis is difficult for parents. The knowledge that a consult with an academic pediatric psychiatrist helped determine their child’s care plan is very comforting to the parent. As a provider, I can be confident that my intervention has been vetted by a professional.”

Michael Caplan, MD

“I was having trouble with a patient this week…I called into VMAP and had a great deal of assistance from Dr. Dave. It was wonderful; lovely. And now next time I’ll know what to do.”

Wendy Evans, DO

“I also called VMAP. A kid with terrible trauma, PTSD, and anxiety – I was trying to make sure that I had the right combination of meds that wouldn’t cause activating symptoms as I start her on anxiety medication after she’s already been through months and months of trauma-informed CBT. It was very helpful.”

Margy Hobson, DO

“I am so very grateful for the VMAP service, the two times I have used it I have be truly overwhelmed with gratitude at the practical help and guidance it provides for both myself and my patients in crisis. Please pass along my gratitude to the psychiatrist who helped me!”

Carol Boersma, MD

“Great information for my patient needs and the summary is fabulous. My staff called in the morning and requested at 12:00 call back if able to accommodate a full clinic schedule. It worked.

Best of all I felt confident to help my own patient and not have them wait for care. We were unable to get this college student in to see a psychiatrist quickly. Now waiting for her appointment is less stressful for her family, her, and me! Thanks for making the VMAP program work.”

Melody Ailsworth, DO

“I used the VMAP Line yesterday for a very complicated patient being seen by UVA psychology already and got called back in 30 minutes with an excellent plan from the child psychiatrist. So helpful.”

Rebecca Abernathy, MD, FAAP, IBCLC

“I personally learned a lot from this project and certainly feel that it was game changer for me and my office.  It was very organized, very educational and very well done.”

Bassam Atiyeh, MD, FAAP, VMAP QI Training

“I was having trouble with a patient this week and I called into VMAP and had a great deal of assistance from Dr. Dave. It was wonderful; lovely. And now next time, I’ll know what to do.”

Lynn Fogerty, MD

“VMAP has been a lifesaver. Very timely and thorough with a follow-up synopsis from knowledgable psychiatrists. I hope this program can expand to other VA counties where there are no psychiatrists. We have a mental health crisis at hand. Our teenagers are grappling with so much uncertainty now and VMAP has helped us. We need more providers to realize this program exists.”

Nancy Kim, MD, FAAP
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