Child Mental Health for Pediatric Clinicians

Send us Fan Mail Understanding ADHD from a Parent's Perspective In This episode of Child Mental Health for Pediatric Clinicians, we begin a new series, 'Child Mental Health Talks with Parents,' featuring advocates Ashley and Lauren, who share their experiences raising children with ADHD. They discuss the creation of a Mental Health and Neurodiversity PTA committee, early signs of AD...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Fallucco dives into the nuances of ADHD in girls, explaining  why it is so important to recognize girls with ADHD, how girls with ADHD present with different symptoms than boys, and why girls often go undiagnosed.  She highlights the importance of early recognition and treatment to reduce risks like suicide, drug abuse, accidents, and social struggles. Dr. Fal...

Send us Fan Mail Do you have patients with severe ADHD who are just not getting better?  Did you know that they *might* have undiagnosed bipolar?   In this episode, Dr. Fallucco and Dr. John Walkup talk about how to distinguish bipolar disorder in children and teens from ADHD. They provide clinical pearls for clinicians and share examples from kids and teens with bipolar.   Some Key differences be...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered if one of your patients has bipolar? On this episode, we talk about the red flags for bipolar - and questions you can ask to determine whether they may have bipolar. We discuss key signs such as the inability to regulate upside mood, decreased need for sleep, hypersexuality, and grandiosity, providing concrete examples and questions to help guide your clinic...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our new segment called Mystery Case Files where we walk through a clinical case that presents a bit of mystery. Using the latest research and evidence, we discuss practical approaches to help YOU care for your patients effectively. This episode features the case of a nine-year-old boy with anxiety who develops new onset of behavior problems.  00:00 Introduction to Myste...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Psyched for Peds, Dr. Elise Fallucco and her teenage son, Chase Fallucco, discuss the seasonal surge of mental health symptoms, termed the 'emotional flu,' impacting teenagers during October and November.  They discuss: ** What are the symptoms and signs of the emotional flu? ** Why are October and November high-risk periods for the Emotional Flu? ** W...

Send us Fan Mail It's time to talk about the mental health impact of *parenting*... and what we can do about it. Join me and our special guest, Ashley, a working mom, as we explore practical tools and exercises to recognize and address signs of BURNOUT.  This episode is for parents AND for all of us who need to take care of ourselves so that we can care for others.  We talk about practical to...

Send us Fan Mail If you think you may be experiencing burnout, what can you do? To answer this question, Dr. Fallucco discusses strategies to combat healthcare burnout with Dr. Jessi Gold, Chief Wellness Officer at the University of Tennessee Health System.   WE discuss: *  That systemic changes in Healthcare are urgently needed to reduce burnout. *  Individual strategies to address burnout in the...

Send us Fan Mail HALF of all healthcare workers are Burned Out.  But most of us typically power through without recognizing the classic signs.  How can you tell when you're going through burnout? And more importantly, what is it about the culture of medicine and healthcare that increases our risk of experiencing burnout?  To help us sort through these issues and RECOGNIZE signs of burnout, we...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we wrap up our first year of PsychEd4Peds and prepare for a summer break! Check out our website PsychEd4Peds.com for more resources! Follow us on Instagram @psyched4peds Check out our NEW CME Audio-based, on-demand CME Course online at: Pediatric Mental Health CME Toolkit - Cracking the ADHD Code: Essentials for Pediatric Clinicians .  https://ce.nemours.org/content/pod...

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever wish you had a child psychiatrist on speed dial? Well, now you can!  This week, we talk about how to get connected to a Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program (PMHCAP) near you that offers: * phone consultation with child psychiatrists to help you care for kids in your office * care navigation services to help you find resources I will walk you through what to exp...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, meet Dr. Lia Gaggino, pediatrician and host of the child mental health and clinician well-being podcast, Pediatric Meltdown.  She shares resources and tips to help practicing pediatricians including her now podcast, Pediatric Mental Health: Building Better Workflows.  This new podcast is about how to implement change in pediatric practices from how to get buy-in f...

Send us Fan Mail In honor of the release of Taylor Swift’s 11th album, The Tortured Poet's Department, this is a special episode where I am joined by my tween daughter Julia, to share highlights from Swift's albums as well as from PsychEd4Peds episodes.  I bet you never thought about how the album, Red, is related to ADHD meds.  #childmentalhealth #swiftie #tsttpd #adhd #anxiety #parentm...

Send us Fan Mail Between 80-90% of US teens report that they use social media, but we are only beginning to understand how social media use affects mental health.  I had the opportunity to talk about this with WAVYTV10 News Anchor, Sarah Goode. In this episode, I share clips from our conversation about how to help kids navigate social media, share tips for talking with teens about their social med...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that PARENTS of preschoolers are at HIGH risk for depression?  *In the first 4 years of a child's life, 1 in 10 dads and 1 in 4 moms experience depression.* And depression in parents increased the risk of behavioral and emotional problems in children.  In this episode, we talk about why and how to support parents of preschoolers... so that we can help preschooler...

Send us Fan Mail Around one and 10 preschool age, children, struggle with significant emotional and behavior problems, but it can be incredibly difficult to tell. How can you tell When a preschool age child might need further evaluation? In this episode, we talk about how to use a brief tool to determine whether a preschools behavior is normal, or may benefit from further evaluation. This tool is...

Send us Fan Mail What is the most important thing the parents can do to help older teen athletes? How can we harness sports another activities to help kids develop true confidence? For answers to these questions join us as we continue our convo with grit.org’s  Brian and Jen Harbin. Guests: Brian and Jen Harbin are the leaders of grit.org whose mission is to improve, physical, mental, and emotiona...

Send us Fan Mail Do you want to learn strategies to help kids develop grit and character through sports and LIFE? We talk with Brian and Jen Harbin of Grit.org about how they use sports to help kids become more physically, emotionally, and mentally resilient. They share strategies about : ** Using mantras to help kids push through challenges ** How to shift your focus from WINNING to personal grow...

Send us Fan Mail If you play sports or know a child who plays sports, you MUST listen to this podcast!   Our guest is Coach Peter Verhoef, who has decades of experience preparing kids and teens for national and world competitions.  We discuss ways that parents can keep kids involved in sports and prevent burnout.  Key Points include: ** Sports can be Transformational   ** Tips for How WE can Keep...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know almost 70% of kids drop out of sports by age 13?  We talk with Dr. Joel Brenner,  pediatric sports medicine physician and national expert in youth sports, about how to keep kids involved in sports.  Dr. Brenner is the co-author of the  American Academy of Pediatrics' recent Clinical Report on on overuse injuries over-training and burnout in young athletes. He sha...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for some Advanced Q+A with Dr. Jeffrey Strawn about medication treatment for ADHD +/- Anxiety! ?Q:? When do you use alpha agonists (like Clonidine, Guanfacine)?? A:  as adjunctive treatment for kids who are having trouble tolerating stimulants,  and/or who have residual impulsivity when they're being treated with stimulants.  Q: How can you prescribe alpha-agon...

Send us Fan Mail Is there a go-to medication to treat a child with both ADHD and anxiety?  Join us as we continue the conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Strawn from Cincinnati Children's Medical Center to discuss how to approach medication treatment for a child with ADHD and anxiety.   We talk about which stimulants are better tolerated, when to use alpha 2 agonists (like clonidine and guanfacine)...

Send us Fan Mail ADHD and Anxiety and highly intertwined, so how can you tease them apart? Join us as Dr. Jeffrey Strawn shares clinical pearls about how to detect whether a child has ADHD, anxiety, or both! We discuss: * the consequences of untreated ADHD (especially social and educational impacts) * how ADHD and anxiety are related  and that 30% of kids w/ ADHD have anxiety, too! Some take home...

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when your patient doesn’t tolerate or doesn’t respond to an SSRI for depression? Join us as we discuss this issue and talk about non-SSRI medication‘s for depression. Check out our website PsychEd4Peds.com for more resources! Follow us on Instagram @psyched4peds Check out our NEW CME Audio-based, on-demand CME Course online at: Pediatric Mental Health CME Toolkit -...

Send us Fan Mail How can you tell if a teenager is depression or if it is just normal moodiness, stress, grief, or even demoralization?  Dr. John Walkup joins us to talk about the cardinal features of depression... and how it LOOKS different than other forms of low mood. We talk about: 1 - the distinct change in mood seen in teens with depression and how it is different from sadness 2 - how you ca...