Pediatric Meltdown

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Anxiety is normal. In fact, anxiety is “a perfectly normal, natural, [and] not actually dangerous” behavioral response according to Dr. Colleen Cullinan. It is the body’s response when we feel scared, threatened, or stressed, which happens to all people. The primary care’s job is to not allow that anxiety to interfere in a person’s daily life, not to take it...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Hovig Artinian found his way to sleep medicine after teaching 8th grade science and happily says that practicing medicine is much easier! Sleep is critical to our physical and mental health from infancy into our golden years. The behaviors that surround sleep determine the quality and quantity of sleep. Medications for sleep difficulties fall way down th...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts As healthcare providers we pour our energy into caring for our patients and often we forget to take care of ourselves, leading to burnout. It is crucial that we take time to take a breath and to recharge. Dr. Martha Middlemist shares the work of the AAPs Wellness Advisory Group and offers concrete steps we can all take to manage stress. Let’s listen to Dr. M...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Pediatrics and Psychiatry are two distinct fields that Dr. Nasuh Malas wants to marry. As a consultation-liaison psychiatrist, his personal philosophy is to deliver timely care for young people and families. He joins us today to talk about how psychiatry support can be integrated into an in-patient pediatric setting. We also have a great exchange about how h...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Today, we are going to talk about genetics and behavioral health with Dr. Caleb Bupp, Division Chief of Medical Genetics and Genomics Spectrum Health at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. You might be wondering why we have invited a geneticist on a podcast about emotional and mental health in the pediatrics space. Well, our space intersects with genetics more...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts We always say that “prevention is better than the cure,” but prevention won’t happen if the necessary infrastructures, institutions, and support systems are not in place. Dr. Lee Beers, the new President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, recognizes this problem and aims to advocate for an integrated approach that can also address the issues that plague...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Sex and drugs remain taboo in society, and the reluctance to talk about these topics only leads to misinformed and misguided teenagers who feel unnecessary judgments for themselves. It’s now high time to raise the awareness of teenagers about these topics to let them know of the safe spaces where they can freely express themselves. Dr. Lisa Lowery, an Adoles...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts We have a special episode for today because of two important guests. Dr. Sheila Marcus is the Section Chief of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan while Dr. Sarah Mohiuddin is the Director of the University’s Multidisciplinary Autism Program. They join us to discuss autism spectrum disorders and how we can d...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts In this episode, I invite Dr. Zakia Alavi, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and an assistant professor at Michigan State University who teaches medical students about the integration between basic and clinical sciences to the podcast. She has been providing psychiatric services to underprivileged children in Jackson, Michigan, and has published many...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts I have the pleasure of having Dr. Zakia Alavi for the second time (you will hear from her again in 2021!) to talk about a very relevant topic for pediatricians, mental health professionals, and parents – Covid and its effects on children’s mental health. Dr. Alavi is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and an assistant professor at Michigan State Univer...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Today, my gift to you is Dr. Michael Klein’s inspiring words that has carried me forward since the first time I heard them. Dr. Klein is a retired pediatric surgeon who served as chief of pediatric surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit for almost 40 years. His swan song in clinical surgery was a two-month service in Liberia with Doctors W...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts We have an important discussion today about LGBTQIA+ patients. Dr. Dan Shumer, Clinical Director of the Child and Adolescent Gender Clinic at Mott Children’s Hospital, will join us to share his story about caring for his transgender youth patients. His observations are promising as the youth are now becoming more and more vocal about their sexual orientation...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts The impact of racism on the health and wellbeing of children is significant and we must first examine our own implicit biases if we are to bring about change. We need to understand the differences between equity and equality and to advocate for our children, but in order to do so we have to educate ourselves and begin the change within. In this epi...

https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Today’s guest is Dr. Joanna Quigley, a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan. She trained in pediatrics, general psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Kentucky and is part of the Michigan Child Collaborative Care (MC3) project at the University of Michigan, an outreach consultative program for pri...

https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Physicians rely on our mental health colleagues to provide comprehensive behavioral health treatment, but we often speak different professional languages. Today’s guest leads us through the mental health alphabet soup of therapies and explains what we can expect when we make mental health referrals. Sheryl Lozowski-Sullivan, MPh, LP, PhD, is a clinical psycholog...

https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Scheid is a practicing Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Associate Professor at MSU whose primary research interests are in the area of mental health services and public policy for children and adolescents with limited resources and multiple needs. Dr. Scheid’s work encompasses the full scope of child and adolescent psychiatry including disruptive behavi...

https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Let’s have some tough conversations around special needs, race and disabilities in school. I’ll be discussing this with today’s guest and my friend Rikki Saunders. Rikki is the director of special education at Kalamazoo Public Schools. She has also worked as a social worker in school and the community. Her role today is to find and identify children with disabil...

https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Maybe it’s not ADHD, maybe it’s something else we’re not seeing. I’ll be discussing this with today’s guest Dr. Arthur Lavin. Dr. Lavin was educated at Harvard (BA) and Ohio State (MD). At Harvard, Boston Children’s Hospital, and MIT, he completed training, became board-certified in general pediatrics and the subspecialty of newborn medicine, taught, and publish...

https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts As a pediatrician screening for suicide, it’s not about the ones you find positive for suicide, it’s about the ones you may miss. Today’s guest Dr. Horowitz is a Staff Scientist and Pediatric Psychologist at the Nation Institute of Mental Health Intermural Research Program at NIMH and for years she has been helping health care professionals not let kids slip thr...

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts It’s apparent now more than ever, our children need advocacy. Today I’ll be speaking about this with Dr. Robert Saul. Dr. Saul completed his pediatric training at Duke University Medical Center. He deeply cares for all children, and after seeing the need for child advocacy in society he was led to write several books for parents. Dr. Saul believes we need co...

https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Have you ever looked at your child or a patient and just thought, ‘oh my God, I don’t know how to fix this’? You’re not alone and we’ll talk about this today with our guest Sandy Fowler, host of the Mighty Parenting Podcast . Sandy is a stress relief and wellness coach, a wife, mom, and business owner whose passion is teaching people to make powerful choices tha...

https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to Pediatric Meltdown, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand children's emotional health, behaviors, and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I am your host, Lia Gaggino. In this episode, I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Allek Scheele. Dr. Scheele is currently doing her pediatric hospitalist fellowship at the...

https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts In today’s episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with my amazing friend and co-chair of the Kalamazoo Perinatal Mood Disorders Coalition, alongside myself, Kristina Ledlow ICCE, CD, CPD. After two very challenging pregnancies and postpartum periods, Kristina became especially passionate about educating families and other healthcare professionals about Perinat...

https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to Pediatric Meltdown, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand children's emotional health, behaviors, and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I am your host, Lia Gaggino. In this episode, I brought in Dr. Mark Sloane. He is a board-certified pediatrician and an adolescent medicine specialist. Let’s dive into Dr. M...

https://swiy.co/WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to Pediatric Meltdown, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand children's emotional health, behaviors, and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I am your host, Lia Gaggino. In this episode, I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Moira Szilagyi. Dr. Szilagyi is regarded as one of the leading experts on the health of ch...