For the past year, child psychiatry clinicians at the Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families (VCCYF) have been assigned to primary care practices across the state to be available for questions made through phone or email (or this blog). The program is supported by the Vermont Child Health Improvement Program (VCHIP) and comes at […]
Next Child Psychiatry in Primary Care Conference Friday, May 30
Please mark your calendars to attend the 8th annual Child Psychiatry in Primary Care conference to be held Friday May 30, 2014 at the Doubletree Hotel in South Burlington, Vermont. It promises to be another captivating and practically useful event for primary care clinicians, mental health professionals, and educators. We plan to have our usual […]
Vermont 34th in Rate of Stimulant Treatment
The popular press has been abuzz with articles on ADHD, with many suggesting that the diagnosis is much overused and that medication treatment is basically a way that affluent parents give their children an academic advantage. In the midst of all this controversy comes a recent and interesting study in the journal Psychiatric Methods, […]