Behavioral Consult
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Suicide prevention and the pediatrician
More than half of the people who die by suicide visit a health care provider within 4 weeks of their death, highlighting an opportunity for...
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Maternal perinatal mortality: A pediatric issue
Asking the mother how she is feeling in the days to weeks after birth should not just be a social nicety but rather an additional check for...
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Anxiety (part 2): Treatment
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Too old for time out. Now what? Oppositional behavior in school-age children
Reversing oppositional behavior requires consistent strategies for reinforcing appropriate behavior.
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Anxiety screening
Anxiety disorders in childhood are common. If detected early and treated appropriately, they are often curable.
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Reach Out and Read redux
Reading has been shown to lower heart rate and muscle tension and reduce stress by as much as 68% in minutes, even lowering cortisol and...
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Mental health promotion
Just as children are developing physical health, they are similarly establishing the foundations for their mental health.
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Addressing the new mortality: Counseling on lethal means
It is now unfortunately an essential primary care skill to have nuanced conversations about reducing access to and use of deadly weapons (lethal...
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Screen time and teenagers: Principles for parents
If screen time interferes with building independence, cultivating healthy social relationships, learning about their identity, managing their...
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Can medication management smooth the journey for families of autistic children?
Because of the shortage of specialists and increasing prevalence of autism, we need to be prepared to manage, monitor, and sometimes start...
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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...