Edith Skelly, PA-C, is a physician assistant serving adolescents in residential detention in Massachusetts. Working for the Department of Youth Services, she provides comprehensive health care for primarily low-income youth in both English and Spanish. Through her REACH training, she aims to improve mental health care for her patients and share her learnings with colleagues.
November 2, 2026
"The solution seems obvious: Treating mental-health disorders must fall to pediatricians, who already have regular contact with their patients and are trusted providers. It’s such an intuitive idea that parents have already started demanding it." Thank…
