This week we would like to focus on you! As healthcare, emergency and/or community service professionals we are privileged to be able to offer our skills and compassion to those suffering from physical and emotional health challenges, yet while doing so we must attend to our own needs to sustain our physical, mental, emotional and […]
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Stimulants, Psychosis, and Stressors 5/7/2021
ADHD is a common neurobiological condition among school-age children (Wolraich et al., 2019). The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends primary care providers treat ADHD in school age youth 1) with referrals to evidence supported psychosocial treatment (such as Parent Training In Behavior Management) or other outpatient individual, family and group educational and treatment interventions, and […]
Patients with Elevated or Irritable Mood States: Mania & Hypomania
A unique element in behavioral health care — that of assessing a patient’s abnormal mood states — may on occasion be a special concern in the primary care setting. Comfort with assessing mood states and making appropriate psycho-social and medical interventions can be important skills. This eWeekly discusses the issues of mania and hypomania, as […]