Child Psychiatry Consult
Child Psychiatry Consult
Mental health characteristics of refugee children
Refugees are at greater risks for PTSD and affective and psychotic disorders, presumably due to increased traumatic life events before, during,...
Child Psychiatry Consult
The influence of social media on adolescents seeking autism diagnoses
It is important to take time to understand the drive behind an adolescent’s apparent desire for a specific diagnosis, particularly if that...
Child Psychiatry Consult
Remodeling broken systems
Meaningful improvement in children’s mental health will require remodeling broken systems to ensure that children are supported early, effectively...
Child Psychiatry Consult
Nutritional psychiatry: Does it exist?
While few would argue with the foundational importance of nutrition for healthy childhood development, how to apply nutrition to mental health...
Child Psychiatry Consult
A primer on gender-affirming care for transgender youth
Gender-affirming care is a broad term that can encapsulate many different domains: social, legal, medical, and surgical affirmation.
Child Psychiatry Consult
‘Never worry alone:’ Expand your child mental health comfort zone using supports
There are supports available to better facilitate the interface between mental health and primary care.
Child Psychiatry Consult
Integrating mental health and primary care: From dipping a toe to taking a plunge
New models of integrated or collaborative care between primary care and mental health clinicians have been attempted and tested.
Child Psychiatry Consult
Teen girls are in crisis: A call to action resulting from 2021 CDC data
Rates of sadness, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and mental health crisis ED visits among girls are the highest reported in a decade.
Child Psychiatry Consult
LGBTQ+ teens in homophobic high schools
Comparing these two local high schools reinforced to me how visibility really matters in creating a childhood experience that is nurturing versus...
Child Psychiatry Consult
AAP vs. AED on obesity treatment: Is there a middle ground?
Productive dialogue would be likely enhanced if both sides avoided unfounded speculation about bias and motive and worked from a good faith...
Child Psychiatry Consult
Mood disorder? Assessment in primary care
Primary care may be the first setting for a child to present with mood symptoms.