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Mental health support for children in foster care
July 11, 2018
“We have kids who come in here on three, four different medications,” says Dr. Elizabeth Wallis, MD, “and we don’t know why. We don’t know what data were used to make those decisions.” Dr. Wallis, director of the Foster Care Support Clinic (FCSC) of the Medical University of South Carolina and a REACH faculty member, was expressing just one of the challenges of treating children and youth in the foster care system.
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Getting smarter about child mental health
June 12, 2018
“For these straightforward cases, when you can identify uncomplicated ADHD in patients without co-occuring depression or anxiety – well, everyone in primary care should be able to do this.”
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“Now people have a place to go”
May 24, 2018
In the absence of a single child and adolescent psychiatrist anywhere in Cape May County, New Jersey, The REACH Institute training enabled Rainbow Pediatrics to help families who had nowhere else to turn.
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Thank you to the dedicated clinicians who joined our inaugural Alumni Conference! It was a wonderful day of learning, connecting, and sharing ideas. It's always heartening to bring our community together, and it continues to inspire…
Suicide prevention is not limited to one setting or one type of clinician. Children and adolescents may first share concerns about their mental health with a trusted pediatrician or primary care clinician, making it especially important…
What happens when primary care clinicians are given more tools to address children’s mental health? This article from Cook Children’s Health Care System shares how REACH training helped equip pediatricians with practical tools to more confidently…
Pediatric residency faculty: There is still space available in REACH’s upcoming Resident Education in Assessing Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidality (READS) training. This live, virtual two-day program is designed to equip residency educators with the skills and…
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