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By JACLYN COSGROVE Staff Writer jcosgrove@oklahoman.comSometimes Dr. Timothy Newton wishes he had a “phone-a-friend” option. The 32-year-old family practice physician works out of a clinic in Cherokee, a northwest Oklahoma town of about 1,600 people. About one-fifth of the children that he sees have a mental health issue, whether it be depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety or a mixture of all three. Newton wants, at times, to pick up the phone and call a child and adolescent psychiatrist for advice on a prescription, but that’s not yet an option in Oklahoma. “The hardest thing is when I get to a point where I feel uncomfortable giving kids heavier doses of medications or changing medications multiple times,” Newton said.Read more on NewsOK.com

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