Pediatric consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry is a field that combines psychiatry, pediatrics, and child development. We’ll give you pointers on how to manage pediatric C-L psychiatry consults, with specific recommendations for different age groups.
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As the head of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Dr. Ng is deeply familiar with the serious issues facing pediatric mental health. He outlines methods to protect children, such as partnering with pediatricians and making use of school-based programs. Additionally, he lists resources for healthcare providers, patients, and their families.
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Alarmingly, one in five high school students have seriously considered suicide, and one in ten have tried it. Emergency departments are seeing more kids than ever showing up for self-harm and suicide attempts. We review warning signs and screening tools, and give you tips for how to help these kids in crisis.
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How effective are antipsychotic agents in reducing agitation in kids? According to this study, they don’t seem all that helpful, at least not in terms of reducing kids’ time in seclusion or restraints. While several confounding factors complicate the authors’ conclusions, try alternative interventions, like behavioral approaches, until we have more definitive data.
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Dr. Hendrick is a clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is the director of inpatient psychiatry at Olive View—UCLA Medical Center, where she carries a caseload of patients and provides teaching and supervision for medical students and psychiatry residents. After completing medical school and psychiatric residency at UCLA, she spent several years working as a principal investigator and co-investigator on N.I.M.H. funded research studies. She has authored or co-authored over 75 research papers, editorials, books and other publications. She has a long-standing interest in the needs of severely mentally ill patients from underserved populations and has worked in community mental health settings her entire career.
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