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American Academy Of Pediatrics Mental Health Strategies For Pediatric Care (Pb 2022) by Forman S G
This new guide will help clinicians recognize and manage emerging mental health issues using interventions that are designed for the primary care setting.Mental Health Strategies for Pediatric Care provides a framework for identifying and understanding the common factors and common elements of mental health care and, as a natural outgrowth, incorporating the following considerations into daily practice:· Eliciting patient and family social and mental health concerns· Increasing patient and family understanding of social and mental health problems· Managing mental health issues that have resulted in functional problems but not reached the level of a diagnosable disorder· Using therapeutic strategies that are an early, first-line approach to common mental health concerns· Developing positive patient and family attitudes about seeking treatment from social service or mental health specialists· Supporting the patient and family in maintaining emotional and behavioral change that results from mental health specialty treatment· And more!