Child Psychiatry - Articles - Page 24

Update: Is Watching 13 Reasons Why Bad for Teens?

August 5, 2020

Kristen Gardner, PharmD. Dr. Gardner has disclosed that she has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Remember the last two times we’ve worried about the program 13 Reasons Why? Now yet another study has found risk for teens watching 13 Reasons Why, and we are learning about gender differences as well. See the review and get our recommended resources for guiding families.

CME Post-Test - Identity & Culture in Children and Adolescents, CCPR, Jul/Aug/Sep 2020

August 5, 2020

By successfully completing the test you will be awarded a certificate for 2 CME credits.

Learning Objectives, Identity & Culture in Children and Adolescents, CCPR, July/August/September 2020

August 5, 2020

After reading these articles, you should be able to…

Psychosis With a Dollop of Corona

May 7, 2020

Joshua Feder, MD.

Joshua Feder, MD. Editor-in-Chief of CCPR. Practicing child psychiatrist, Solana Beach, CA. Adjunct Professor at Fielding Graduate University, CA. Dr. Feder has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

This is an odd note to write. Like most publications, we had a topic before the virus happened. Rapidly responding to current events, we added a pandemic piece and devoted two podcasts to the topic. Catch those online by searching for “Carlat” on your podcast store.

Helping Families Through the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 7, 2020

Joshua Feder, MD.

Joshua Feder, MD. Editor-in-Chief of CCPR. Practicing child psychiatrist, Solana Beach, CA. Adjunct Professor at Fielding Graduate University, CA. Dr. Feder has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

The COVID19 pandemic has transformed child and adolescent psychiatry overnight. How do we manage telehealth? What about medications? What are the new rules and boundaries and what can we expect from our patients? Most important, how do we support parents to help their children?

Air Pollution and Child Psychiatry: The Practical Aspects

May 7, 2020

Jess Levy, MD.

Jess Levy, MD. Child and adolescent psychiatrist, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH. Dr. Levy has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

While air pollution has lifted a bit with the global pause for the pandemic, this merely underlines the problems created by particulate matter, injuring children and causing both psychical and direct mental health sequelae. This article reviews the impact of air pollution on children and gives practical suggestions on mitigating those effects.

EXPERT Q&A

Differentiating Psychotic Disorders: Does It Matter?

May 7, 2020

Jonathan Stevens, MD, MPH

Jonathan Stevens, MD, MPH
Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Chief of Outpatient Services at The Menninger Clinic in Houston, TX. Dr. Stevens has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

How do we understand the range of psychotic disorders in children and adolescents and how does this understand impact treatment in a more differentiated way? This interview helps clinicians to sort through what kinds of psychotic processes are at play and how to approach them in a more nuanced manner, while giving practical and realistic advice for patient management.

EXPERT Q&A

Cognitive Rehabilitation for Youth With Psychotic Disorders

May 7, 2020

Ian S. Ramsay, PhD

Ian S. Ramsay, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Minnesota. Dr. Ramsay has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Psychotic disorders in children and adolescents include a range of neuropsychiatric problems related to the multitude of underlying neurophysiological differences and the problems created by these differences. Chief among these are cognitive impacts. This interview helps outline and give guidance for managing these cognitive problems related to both psychosis and to the medication treatments that themselves can add to these problems.

Adolescents and Sleep: Parents Can Make a Difference

May 7, 2020

Pavan Madan, MD

Pavan Madan, MD Dr. Madan has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Can parents impact teen sleep in a helpful manner? Teens are notorious for staying up late and having trouble getting up in the morning. We are often asked to opine on this problem. This research review looks at the effect of such intervention, including the consideration of the difference between a ‘significant finding’ and one that is clinically meaningful.