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While it has always been well known that good nutrition on both the macro and micronutrient level is a vital part of healthy development, emerging research is showing just how important this factor is, especially for infants and toddlers. In response, the Committee on Nutrition from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently issued a new […]
Tags: aap, brain health, nutrition, pediatrician
When someone presents for evaluation and treatment of ADHD, what does your treatment plan look like? Sure medications are often considered, and hopefully also some parent behavioral coaching too. Anything else? A new meta-analysis, recently published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, provides some strong evidence about the […]
While few people argue over the importance of sleep, just how much sleep is optimal has remained a surprisingly elusive question. Complicating things further is the possibility that the best amount might differ between domains such as academic achievement and optimal mental health as well as the importance of other sleep parameters such as the amount […]
Tags: Sleep
(Editor’s Note: I am pleased to offer this guest blog by Hannah Frering who is the research coordinator at the Child Emotion Regulation Lab, Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families – DCR) Medicine has come quite a long way since the medieval era where doctors would amputate at the first sign of infection, or would quickly […]
Depression in children and adolescents can be a serious and sometimes deadly problem. With renewed concern about the over-reliance of antidepressant medication, effective nonpharmacological interventions are highly welcome. Psychotherapy has been shown to be an important treatment for many, but availability and patient follow-up can be challenging. Exercise has been shown to be a […]
How to cover the ever expanding list of important but time consuming screens and counseling topics now recommended at patient well checks has become a real challenge for primary care clinicians. In response, there are beginning to emerge different approaches and models for the delivery of this care. One of them, developed in Los Angeles, […]
To many, ADHD treatment means using medications. Yet while medications can play an important role, a number of other types of interventions have also been shown to be effective. One area that has received some investigation is the role of physical activity and exercise in alleviating symptoms. Parents and clinicians alike have naturally been drawn […]
What happens when you combine an innovate and effective new method of delivering mental health care, a family that benefited from the approach and wants to spread the word, and a child psychiatry fellow with a previous life as a film director? A new documentary about the Vermont Family Based Approach, of course. The Vermont […]
At our clinic at the Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, one unique component of our child psychiatry evaluations is the provision of also assessing mental health problems in the parents, using validated rating scales. This element was included in the face of mounting data showing that successful treatment of psychiatric disorders in parents […]
It has been widely shown at this point that psychiatric problems in parents can negatively affect child behavior, but what about teachers? These days, many children spend as much if not more of their waking hours with teachers and other childcare providers than they do with parents. As such, it seems logical to extend the […]
Tags: depression, school, teacher
