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Mental health promotion
Just as children are developing physical health, they are similarly establishing the foundations for their mental health.
Opinion
Screen time and teenagers: Principles for parents
If screen time interferes with building independence, cultivating healthy social relationships, learning about their identity, managing their...
Opinion
ADHD beyond medications
How children with ADHD will fare as adults is not predicted by their symptom level, but instead by the quality of their relationships with their...
Opinion
Meditation for children
You do not need to wait for decisive evidence from randomized controlled trials to recommend mindfulness training for your patients with anxiety,...
Opinion
Demystifying psychotherapy
Managing psychiatric illnesses is rapidly becoming routine practice for primary care pediatricians, whether screening for symptoms of anxiety and...
Opinion
Social media in the lives of adolescents
Help your patients with common mental and emotional issues to be aware of how social media may make their treatment harder, rather than being the...
Opinion
Anorexia nervosa in adolescent patients: What pediatricians need to know
Adolescents with anorexia nervosa are most likely to present to their pediatricians, so awareness and early recognition of the symptoms is...
Opinion
Diagnosing adolescent ADHD
When your adolescent patients or their parents come to your office complaining of inattention, it is important to consider the full range of...
Opinion
Pediatric depression and parents
Parents are your natural partners as they are concerned about their children’s health and safety and eager for guidance on how to best support...
Opinion
A pediatrician’s guide to screening for and treating depression
At annual checkups with patients 12 and older or at sick visits of patients with emotional, sleep, or vague somatic concerns, it should be...
Opinion
Marijuana and LSD guidance for pediatricians
There is an emerging impression of safety with both; however, policy changes and for-profit marketing may not reflect the actual scientific...
Opinion
Are there some things we might want to keep from the COVID experience?
The kind of family time that COVID restrictions forced on families is a reward in itself, but it also deepens a child’s connections to everyone in...
Opinion
Perinatal depression and the pediatrician’s role
By screening, tracking, and connecting affected mothers to care and services, you can truly provide “two-generational care” for your youngest...
Opinion
Helping parents deal with children’s transition to in-person school
You can help parents to anticipate what may be challenging about this transition for their children so that they are all prepared and can diminish...
Opinion
Schools, COVID-19, and Jan. 6, 2021
Now is a time to build relationships and to use the difficult events of the day to shed light on deeper issues and values.