Physician Focus, October 2008: Healthy Minds: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Healthy Minds: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty of diagnosing, treating and preventing mental illness, including substance abuse and addictions. Between 7 and 12 Million American youth suffer from mental, behavioral, or developmental disorders at any given time, and the number of issues facing children can be vast: divorce, eating disorders, alcohol and drug abuse, depression, child abuse, grief, bullying, and violent behavior, just to name several. How does psychiatric treatment for children differ from that for adults? How should parents address these issues? What is their impact on families and siblings? What role, if any, should schools play? And what kinds of treatments are available?
Guests: Don Condie, M.D., Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Virginia Merritt, M.D., Psychiatrist, Framingham Psychiatric Counseling
Host: John Fromson, M.D., Associate Director, Postgraduate Medical Education, Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-produced with Hopkinton Community Access Television, HCAM-TV, Hopkinton Mass.
Listen to the podcast (Length 14:55) (This will open your computer's default media player in a new window)
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