Child Psychiatry

EXPERT Q&A

Assessing and Treating Catatonia in Children and Adolescents

October 1, 2022

Lee Wachtel, MD, Medical Director, Neurobehavioral Unit, Kennedy Krieger Institute. Psychiatry Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD.

Dr. Wachtel, expert for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Catatonia is marked by a change from the person’s baseline state with distinct motor, vocal, and behavioral symptoms. Clinicians usually think of a catatonic person as being like a statue—immobile, unresponsive, staring, and with waxy flexibility.

Learning Objectives, Catatonia in Children and Adolescents, CCPR, Oct/Nov/Dec 2022

October 1, 2022

After reading these articles, you should be able to…

Addressing Weight Stigma in Clinical Practice

September 19, 2022

Joshua Feder, MD and Mara Goverman

Every patient and family you see is inescapably impacted by weight stigma or fat shaming and the damage from this bias can lethal.

Diagnosing and Treating Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

August 8, 2022

Joshua Feder, MD, Mara Goverman, and Jennifer Thomas, PhD

Nine years after DSM-5, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is still settling into clinical practice. Dr. Jennifer Thomas helps sort out the differential diagnosis between ARFID, anorexia, and other conditions and plan treatment in the context of comorbid conditions, such as anxiety disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Medication Management of Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain in Children and Teens

July 25, 2022

Joshua Feder, MD and Mara Goverman

Second-generation antipsychotics routinely breach the FDA’s level of concern of >7% body weight gain. This article examines the efficacy and safety of using off-label medications, such as metformin, to manage this side effect.

Learning Objectives, Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents, CCPR, Jul/Aug/Sep 2022

July 1, 2022

After reading these articles, you should be able to…

EXPERT Q&A

Diagnosing and Treating Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

July 1, 2022

Jennifer Thomas, PhD

Jennifer J. Thomas, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.Co-director, Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Associate Editor for the International Journal of Eating Disorders.

Dr. Thomas has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Nine years after DSM-5, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is still settling into clinical practice. Dr. Jennifer Thomas helps sort out the differential diagnosis between ARFID, anorexia, and other conditions and plan treatment in the context of comorbid conditions, such as anxiety disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

EXPERT Q&A

Addressing Weight Stigma in Clinical Practice

July 1, 2022

Sarah Nutter, PhD

Sarah Nutter, PhD

Assistant professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies, University of Victoria, BC, Canada. Member of EveryBODY Matters, a multidisciplinary partnership of weight bias and obesity stigma researchers engaging in advocacy and outreach.

Dr. Nutter has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Every patient and family you see is inescapably impacted by weight stigma or fat shaming and the damage from this bias can lethal. Our interview with Dr. Sarah Nutter unpacks this cultural conundrum and helps you counterbalance the stigma and help your patients to shield themselves from weight stigma with healthier attitudes.

Medication Management of Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain in Children and Teens

July 1, 2022

John Raiss, MD

John C. Raiss, MD. Assistant Clinical Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Raiss has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Once weight gain occurs with antipsychotic treatment in children and adolescents it is difficult to reverse. How should you select and prescribe SGAs to prevent it? Which additional medications are effective in preventing weight gain from SGAs? This clinical update gives you information to help prevent this common and problematic side effect.