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Providers: Concerned you lack mental health skill? That’s No Excuse
What do I do if I get a positive result from a teen mental health screening? It’s a question I get from my primary care colleagues when discussing the important role that we can play in reducing the impact of … Continue reading
Helping Depressed, Anxious Teens: Primary Care’s Unique Role
The process may be challenging, but primary care providers incorporating depression and anxiety treatment into their adolescent practice have a “wonderful opportunity” to support families and make an important difference in the lives of teens. Those were the opening thoughts … Continue reading
Teen Depression & Anxiety Disorders: How Can Primary Care Meet the Challenge?
It was the largest conference for pediatricians in the U.S., and Jefferson Prince MD, — instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of child psychiatry for the North Shore Medical Center in Salem, MA and medical director for the … Continue reading
First Aid for Mental Health? A New Way to Respond
When we hear the term “first aid,” physical or medical emergencies immediately come to mind: a broken bone, an injury, a heart attack. The idea that first aid-type strategies can be applied to someone experiencing a mental health problem is … Continue reading
