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Expert Q&A

Social Media: The Good, The Bad, and The Clinical Approach

July 1, 2024

Paul Weigle, MD

Associate Medical Director of Natchaug Hospital of Hartford Healthcare in Mansfield, CT. Affiliated with the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Quinnipiac School of Medicine.

Dr. Weigle has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

We interviewed Dr. Paul Weigel, Co-Chair of the Social Media Issues Committee at the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. We talked about everything from mental illness connected to social media, to reduced stigma, to addressing sexting with patients and their families.

(Wounded Healers) Guide to Self-Disclosure

May 6, 2024

Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

Clinicians who live with mental illness share the do’s and don’t’s of self-disclosure.

Trisomy 21: An Overview for Child Psychiatrists

January 1, 2024

Robin Lynn Treptow, PhD and Joshua Feder, MD

Robin Lynn Treptow, PhD. Assistant Professor of Psychology, Divine Mercy University, Sterling, VA.

Joshua Feder, MD. Editor-in-Chief, The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report.

Dr. Treptow and Dr. Feder have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

You are likely to see some kids and teens with Trisomy 21, aka Down Syndrome. This overview gives you the basics you need to address psychiatric conditions common to T21 while keeping track of the common medical issues that interact with mental health in this population.