CME/CE
Pediatrics
Overview
Primary care visits for pediatric mental health concerns have doubled over the past decade. Due to the shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists nationwide, pediatricians and primary care physicians are often called upon to fill the practice gap. This session will review common mental health diagnoses incorporating discussions of health on co-occurring conditions and navigating conversations with families.
Learning Objectives
- Identify at least 3 diagnoses commonly co-occurring with ADHD
- Describe two evidence-based medication utilized in the treatment of ADHD
- Verbalize at least one approach when providing medication recommendations with families
- Identify common presentations and red flags of anxiety, depression, ADHD, and emerging suicidality in children and adolescents seen in primary care.
- Apply brief, evidence-informed screening and intervention strategies that can be integrated into routine visits to support early mental health care, and differentiate cases that can be managed within primary care from those requiring referral or collaboration with mental health specialists, and implement effective communication strategies to coordinate care.