Pediatrics Bundle: Mental Health & Protecting Abused Children


Presentation Title:  Thinking About Thinking: Cognitive Anxiety in Adolescents, Children & Beyond      Charles Parker, DO      

Session Objectives:

1. Participants will improve their ability to diagnose and treat patients in their practice with Executive Function & Thinking challenges - beyond ADHD.      

2.Participants will access useful tools and additional self-learning strategies using accurate brain target-recognition, medical-management protocols, and self-management skills with more predictable treatment outcomes. 

3.Participants will be able to identify the specific causes and solutions for treatment failure with various psychiatric medications – from depression and anxiety to ADHD.

 

Dr. Parker has no disclosures. 

 

 

Presentation Title: Life Saving Injuries: How Physicians Can Protect Abused Children      Amanda Brownell, MD                          
 

Session Objectives:
1.Participants will be able to identify signs and symptoms of child physical and sexual abuse particularly with a focus on the importance of recognizing sentinel injuries   

 2. Participants will learn the reporting process and reasons for medical follow-up for child abuse patients 

3.  Participants will be able to understand how COVID-19 has impacted the recognition and diagnosis of child abuse

 

Dr. Brownell has no disclosures. 

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