“…Indeed, while the majority of responding ICN care centers had a psychosocial service presence, the current availability of those services remains limited. Psychosocial distress can impact quality of life, disability status, medical outcomes, and utilization of medical services for youth with IBD, and there is a palpable need for psychosocial services, routine patient mental health screenings, and related supports for this at-risk population (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13). Efforts to bolster advocacy for psychosocial services will likely need to occur through continued collaborations between invested partners including medical providers, system level leaders, researchers, psychosocial providers, and patients and their families.…”