Child Psychiatry Consult
Child Psychiatry Consult
Caring for suicidal youth: An approach for pediatricians
In cases like Cassandra’s, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the ABCD (Assess, Build hope, Connect, Develop a safety plan) approach....
Child Psychiatry Consult
Surgeon General releases child mental health call to action
While recognizing that technology, smartphones, and social media are here to stay, a number of suggestions were given to parents, media...
Child Psychiatry Consult
What’s behind the rise in youth anxiety and depression?
It seems likely that a tidy and simple explanation for the alarming increase in youth mental health problems will be hard to pin down.
Child Psychiatry Consult
Online mental health treatment: Is this the answer we’ve been waiting for?
For some families, it is likely to provide new access to services not easily obtainable locally, while for others it could end up being a costly...
Child Psychiatry Consult
Is this a psychiatric emergency? How to screen, assess, and triage safety concerns from the primary care office
Given the significant recent surge in children presenting to the emergency department for psychiatric needs and that environment having its own...
Child Psychiatry Consult
Ending the ED ‘boarding’ of youth with mental health needs
Health care systems and governments need to evaluate the degree to which more hospital or residential beds may still be needed, despite our best...
Child Psychiatry Consult
Screaming for screens: Digital well-being in the 2020s
The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized what was already getting louder: Screen life is becoming a ubiquitous, increasing, and normative function of...
Child Psychiatry Consult
TIPP the scales in managing stress
Safety planning for youth is important, including working with patients to identify skills they can use in distress.
Child Psychiatry Consult
Adolescent substance use and the COVID-19 pandemic
Now is a key time for assessment, support, and conversation with teens and families.
Child Psychiatry Consult
School refusal and COVID-19: The pediatrician's role
Even when a family decides it is best for their child to return, we might encounter scenarios in which children and adolescents outright refuse to...
Child Psychiatry Consult
State of the evidence: Treatment-resistant depression in children and adolescents
Making the depression management strategy a family affair can help the entire family shift from seeing the only option as medications or...