Lia Gaggino

Pediatric Meltdown

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Tune in to Pediatric Meltdown and listen to experts provide insights and strategies on a wide variety of behavioral health and mental topics anytime and anywhere that fits your busy schedule. Guests include published researches, primary care colleagues, therapists, educators, parents and even patients. Caring for children and teens with major meltdowns, depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety, school struggles to name a few along with a myriad long list of behavioral and mental health concerns is daunting and most of us did not receive formal training in residency to prepare us to meet this nee...

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Lia Gaggino

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Jun 11, 2025

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100 The Art of Medicine: The Gift We Have To Offer with Dr. Robert Saul 03.08.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome back to Pediatric Meltdown Today we are on our 100th Episode, once again we have Dr. Robert Saul, Dr. Saul is a pediatrician and medical geneticist, and has been guiding parents and their children’s physical, and behavioral, and mental care for over 40 years. He is a Professor of Pediatrics (Emeritus). Dr. Bob Saul developed the Parental Awareness Th...

99 The Imposter Syndrome: Yep Me Too! 27.07.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Year 2 of the podcast is coming to a close and just sharing a few thoughts about yours truly and inviting you to join the mailing list for upcoming opportunities... stay tuned! The imposter syndrome is a thing, and yep, I experience all those self-doubts and thoughts "who am I to..." fill in the blank. So, here's a little pep talk for you and for me too! [00...

98 Anxiety? Inattention? Depression?: Prescribe Nature! with Dr. Stacy Beller Stryer 20.07.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Stacy Beller Stryer walks us through all the reasons why we all need to put down our phones, tablets and computers and get outside! Being in nature provides a myriad of benefits for our emotional and physical well-being with reductions in stress, improved attention and lowered blood pressure and cortisol. It's a free and safe remedy that can be prescribe...

97 Helping Kids Thrive: A Parent's Story 13.07.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to another episode of Pediatric Meltdown. Parenting children requires patience, hope, limitless love, and joy, however, it is the hardest job ever. As pediatric clinicians, we partner with parents to ride the sometimes bumpy ride of parenthood. We all want happy, successful children, but for many children, the journey is difficult and for children wi...

96 AAP Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention: A Roadmap 06.07.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts In February of 2021, the AAP, NIMH, and the AFSP convened, along with over 100 clinicians, a workgroup with a shared goal and dream of compiling a roadmap for youth suicide prevention, and in March of 2022, the AAP Blueprint for Youth Suicide was released. This comprehensive body of work provides clinical pathways, initiatives for community partner collabora...

95 A Child Psychiatrist's Perspective for PCP's: Leave the "Fix It" Mindset at the Exam Door 29.06.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to Pediatric Meltdown, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand children's emotional health and behaviors and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I am your host, Lia Gaggino, Today we are joined by Dr. Sarah Mohiuddin. Dr.  Mohiuddin is the Director of the Multidisciplinary Autism Program at the University...

94 Taking My Own Mental Health Break: Bali Breather 22.06.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to Pediatric Meltdown, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand children's emotional health and behaviors and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I am your host, Lia Gaggino. Summer is here and it's time to take a breath, enjoy the sunshine and take a little downtime. Heading to Bali, yes Bali!, with my sister a...

93 Trauma and Resilience: Affiliate! 15.06.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to Pediatric Meltdown, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand children's emotional health and behaviors and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I am your host, Lia Gaggino. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Heather C. Forkeyl, MD Heather C. Forkey, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Mass...

92 Children With Disabilities: Don't Forget Their Emotional Well-being! 08.06.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to Pediatric Meltdown, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand children's emotional health and behaviors and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I am your host, Lia Gaggino. In this episode, we are joined by Katherine Steingass, MD. Dr. Steingass is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician at Nationwide Children...

91 Getting Paid for the Work You Do: Financing Mental Health Care with Dr. Jon Price and Dr. Jenna Vallejo 01.06.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-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, we are joined by Dr. Jon Price and Dr. Jenna Vallejo. Jon Price, MD FAAP, is a Dublin, OH general pediatrician who has been...

90 Why Kid's Mental Health Means So Much to Me: Moving Mountains 24.05.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts "You have been assigned this mountain so you can show others how it can be moved" Mel Robbins . In this podcast, Dr. Lia Gaggino discusses her experience with children's mental health and emotional wellbeing. She shares the reason why she has been so interested in this field, and that childhood experiences can shape who you become as an adult. She also discu...

89 Youth Mental Health Crisis: An Opportunity for Innovation 17.05.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Even though the situation that we are facing with the youth mental health crisis right now is daunting, there is such an opportunity for creativity and innovation and with the kind of clinicians that we interview today, there is such an opportunity to really write a new plan. Dr. Lois Lee and Dr. Ben Biermann discuss how primary care settings are seeing an i...

88 ADHD: Strategies for Boosting Executive Function 11.05.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts ADHD is a label, it's a name of a category of behaviors that we want to look at and potentially see how can we change the environment to make a kid the most successful as possible. In today’s episode, our guest is Colleen Cullinan, Ph. D., a pediatric psychologist at Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington Delaware. She specializes in in...

87 Childhood Apraxia: When in Doubt, Check it Out! 04.05.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Apraxia is a disorder that affects language development. It is most commonly seen in children between two and seven years old, but it can also occur at any point during development. In this episode, Dr. Sheryl Rosin, Ph. D. discloses the symptoms of apraxia speech and the importance of visiting a specialist for an evaluation if you believe that your child ma...

86 Domestic Violence: How it Impacts Children 27.04.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in which one partner repeatedly uses physical force or threats of violence against the other partner. It can take many forms, including physical, sexual, emotional, and economic abuse. Domestic violence affects everyone, no matter what age or size, and it is an important topic we should cover, however, it mi...

85 Neighborhood Transformation: Changing the Zipcode Impact 20.04.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts We know that change is hard and it takes a lot of hard work, but we want to remind you that it's okay to take small steps in the right direction. If you're feeling stuck or frustrated with your current path, remember that it's okay to be patient and to start small! In this episode, Dr. Jutte shares his journey as a pediatrician, and why he has focused on com...

84 Pediatric Firearm Injury Prevention: What You Need to Know 13.04.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Trigger warning: suicide Dr. Lois Lee’s work focuses on pediatric emergency medicine, health disparities, injuries, and health policy. This is grounded in her clinical work as a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Boston Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. At Boston Children’s Hosp...

83 Project ECHO: "All Teach. All Learn" 06.04.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Sanjeev Arora is the founder and executive director of Project ECHO. He is also a distinguished professor of medicine with tenure at the University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center.  Previously, he served as executive vice chair and acting chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and president of the medical staff. He also served on the UN...

82 Equity, Diversity, Inclusion: Awareness, Curiosity, Action 30.03.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Lisa Lowery is a native of Grand Rapids and a graduate of Ottawa Hills High School.  She attended Michigan State University receiving her Bachelor of Science Degree in Microbiology, with Honors. Her research during her fellowship concentrated on sexually transmitted diseases and reproductive health.  While at the Johns Hopkins, she obtained a M...

81 Cannabinoid Use and Vaping: Teen Use and Prevention 23.03.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Sheryl Ryan is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine, and Director of Outpatient Adolescent Clinical Services at the Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center. She is a pediatrician who is board certified in both Adolescent Medicine and Addiction Medicine.  Currently, she is focusing her research on the education of bo...

80 Alcohol Use By Kids: How to Ask. How to Help 16.03.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Trigger warning: This episode includes discussions about suicide and depression Dr. Joanna Quigley is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. She has also been on faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and trained in Pediatrics, General Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky. She eng...

79 Covid-19 and Mental Health: Our Patients and Ourselves 09.03.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. V. Fan Tait is a pediatric neurologist with years of experience in child health and wellness, family-centered care in medical homes, children with special needs, health care delivery, and advocacy for children, families, and pediatricians. She earned a BS from the University of Alabama, her MD from the University of Kentucky Medical Center, and completed...

78 Are You Ready?: Preparing Your Office For Behavioral Health Care 02.03.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts It is challenging to manage kids with suicidal ideation and parents who rely on for you help with limited resources. In this episode, I share with you the best practices, resources, and tips that could help you manage your practice and avoid that stress so you could focus on giving your patients the best experience! [00:30 - 14:30] Get Your Resources Ready!...

77 Pediatric Hospitalist Perspective: Toxic Stress and Resilience 23.02.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Scott Grant is an academic primary care pediatrician and hospitalist working in Southeast Michigan. He completed his medical school in El Paso, TX, and was a pediatric resident and chief resident at Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Arizona. His primary clinical interest is in behavioral health, especially the interaction of childhood adversity and trauma w...

76 Pediatric Practice: Find Your Balance 16.02.2022

https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Phil Boucher is a direct care pediatrician in Lincoln, Nebraska, and father of 6.  He is also the host of two amazing podcasts. In Raising Good Parents Podcast, he focuses on helping parents enjoy parenthood more while in Pediatrics 2.0 Podcast, Dr. Boucher and his guests discuss the latest trends in pediatric practices from clinical updates to rese...

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