Posts by The REACH Institute
Jedediah Bell, MD
Soledad Arroyo-Silva, LPC
Katherine Chike-Harris, NP
Soledad Arroyo-Silva, LPC, is a trauma-informed counselor in Lebanon, PA, where she serves diverse pediatric patients in both English and Spanish. Most of her pediatric patients are Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color (BIPOC) and she prioritizes culturally competent care. Focusing on providing wellness one session at a time, her REACH training will help her…
Read MoreHow Autism May Present at Different Ages
“No two kids with autism spectrum disorder are identical. The presentation often depends on the degree of severity and the age of the child,” explains Ruth E.K. Stein, MD, a Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. Now recognized as a spectrum disorder, autism may be diagnosed…
Read MorePatient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care: One Physician’s Transformative CME Experience
A family physician based in Missouri, Dr. Barbara Miller is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and has been caring for patients of all ages for over two decades. With a background in rural family medicine, Dr. Miller is very familiar with working in spaces with limited access to specialists. “And…
Read MoreDiagnosing Seasonal Affective Disorder
“Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is more than just the winter blues,” explains Maureen Montgomery, MD, a pediatrician based in Buffalo, NY. “It’s a subtype of clinical depression that has very specific characteristics.” As the name suggests, SAD is a seasonal and cyclical type of depression. In most cases, SAD occurs during the fall and…
Read MoreResident Education in Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidality (READS)
The READS Program equips key residency faculty with the skills and confidence to teach evidence-based assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of anxiety, depression, and suicidality in children and adolescents. This innovative faculty development program supports residency programs to provide high-quality mental health training to their residents. Read more about the course here…
Read MoreKaylyn Springer
Racism as trauma: A pediatric mental health perspective
After learning about the alarming rise in suicide rates among Black children and adolescents, Brittainy Erby, MD, set out to understand the impact of racial trauma and how to improve pediatric patient care.
Read MoreWhen parents’ mental health affects children
“When we’re thinking about children’s mental health, we’re also thinking about the health of the family unit,” explains Alyx Holden, MD. “In order for children’s neurobiology to develop, they need the support and context of healthy caregivers.”
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