GMAP, Georgia's pediatric mental health access program

Verified facts

Program

Georgia Mental Health Access in Pediatrics (GMAP)

Organization

Georgia Health Policy Center at Georgia State University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Location

Statewide, Georgia

Official website

https://ghpc.gsu.edu/coe/gmap/

Reported by the program

The program describes the following on its official information, reviewed on July 29, 2026.

What it is

GMAP helps pediatric and family medicine providers across Georgia care for children and adolescents with behavioral health concerns, through provider education and access to behavioral health experts. Primary care providers who serve young people ages 0 to 21 can enroll, including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses.

How it works

Child psychiatrists and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta staff a nonemergency phone advice line that answers de-identified questions about screening, diagnosis support, starting or managing medication, and follow-up.

Its aim

The program says it works to increase providers' comfort in treating mild-to-moderate behavioral health concerns in everyday practice, and to give them access to consultation and a referral network.

shrinkiatry context

GMAP is Georgia's child psychiatry access program, and it sits alongside CPAN in Texas, Project TEACH in New York, Be Happy in Indiana, and NEP-MAP in Nebraska as another example of the same durable model: put a child psychiatrist on the phone with the pediatrician who's already in the room with the child. Anchoring it at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta gives it a large specialist pool to draw on. For the Atlas, it's the Georgia primary-care access entry.

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