Psychosocial Pediatrics
What we know, and need to know, to better address emotional health
- 20 interview questions that work
- Shifting from Traditional to Psychosocial Pediatrics
- Can You, Too, Practice Psychosocial Pediatrics?
- Don't You Need Special Training for Psychosocial Pediatrics?
Preventive Family Care in Pediatric Practice
Preventive approaches for everyday practice
- The Psychosocial Assets of the Pediatrician
- Making Time Work for You
- Addressing the Emotional Problems of Children and Their Families: The Role of Reimbursement
- Developmental Tasks for Successful Parents
- The Prenatal Visit
- A Death in the Family: Helping Parents Help Their Children
- Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: New Language for Parents and Children
Pediatric Psychosocial Assessment and Consultation
Strategies for preventing childhood psychosocial and mental health problems
- A Psychosocial Assessment of the Terrible Twos
- Alcoholism and Family Secrets: Implications for Clinical Practice
- Is There A Problem: Deciding When to Assess the Emotional Health of the Child?
- Reflections on Family-Child-Pediatrician Relationships and the Development of Childhood Obesity
- Strategies for Intervention
- Taking A History
- Disclaimer
Childhood and Adolescent Depression
- A Primer on Childhood and Adolescent Depression
- A Case Study – The Farley Family
- A Family Copes With a Very Depressed Adolescent: A Mother's Story
- Faith's Story: What it is like to be a teen with Depression
- Recommended Readings for You and Your Patients
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders in Children
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders in Children: An Introduction
- By The Numbers: A Statistical Overview of OCD
- OCD is a Treatable Disorder
- Overcoming The Diagnosis Of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Parent's Story
- Provider Guide: Six Questions to Evaluate for the Presence of OCD
Resources for Psychosocial Pediatrics
Collaborative resources to expand the walls of a family-centered physician practice.
Guest Articles
Written for parents by leading experts in psychosocial pediatrics and related fields.
- An Eyewitness to Postpartum Depression
- ADHD: A Pediatrician's Perspective
- An Introduction to Pediatric Psychopharmacology
- Diagnosis at the Bedside of Modern Medicine
- Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: New Language for Parents and Children
- Raising a Child Who Wants to Stay Alive
- Some Selected Pages From A Very Touching Book by Jan Hindman, illustrated by Tom Novak
- The Doctor-Patient Relationship: Responding to the Pressure for Fast Answers
- The Illusion of Certainty: Do Advances in Psychopharmacology Suggest That Students' Inner Lives Are Irrelevant?
- The Self-Destructive Child
- Understanding Alcohol Abuse in Adolescents
- War on Terrorism Hits Home for Generation X
- When a Parent Has Cancer: Supporting Children and Families
Letters from Physicians
Correspondence from physicians across the country to CEHL.
Parent to Parent
Written for parents by parents.
- A Family's Experience with Psychosocial Pediatrics
- A Pediatrician to Keep
- Finding the Right Path to Parenting
- Saying Goodbye to Our Pediatrician
Routine Screening for Domestic Violence in Pediatric Practice
Download Dr. King's Routine Screening for Domestic Violence in Pediatric Practice (3.2 MB pdf file)
Preview Table of Contents
Letter to the Reader
Introduction
A Survivor's Story
1. Domestic Violence Is a Major Public Health Problem
2. Is There Agreement as to What Is Meant by “Domestic Violence”?
3. The Impact on the Mother of Screening for Domestic Violence
4. The Impact on the Pediatrician of Screening for Domestic Violence
5. Who Is a Batterer?
6. Who Is the Patient for the Pediatrician?
7. The Impact of Domestic Violence on the Developing Child
8. Helping Children Cope
9. Child Abuse —A Generational Issue
10. The Frequency of Non-Acknowledgement in the Medical Interview
11. Barriers to Problem Recognition and Intervention in the Primary Care Setting
12. Is There a National Mandate to Conduct Screening for Domestic Violence?
13. Preparing the Office
14. How to Conduct Screening
15. Empower, Refer, and Follow Up
16. The Importance of Documentation
17. Overcoming Barriers Through Education
18. Becoming Acquainted with Community Resources
19. Coding Issues
20. Teen Dating Violence
21. Two Perspectives on Surviving Abuse
22. Constraints of the Medical Model
23. Conclusion
Appendix I:
Domestic Violence Screening Response
Appendix II:
“Do Victims Cost Health Plans More?”Appendix III:Information and Intervention Resources: A Sample Resource List That Can Be Adapted to Local Areas
Pediatrician Quick Reference Guide
References
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Initial Findings
In October 2004, a group of 15 pediatricians and nurse practitioners began to meet once a month, for a one-year period, to see if they could increase their competence in providing psychosocial assessments of children and families, in response to parental concerns, within their own pediatric practice. This article briefly describes the lessons we learned through this pilot project.Support
I would like to thank the following for their generous support, without whom this web site and training program would not exist: The Alden Trust, The Kenneth Schwartz Center, The Locke Educational Fund, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, The Aetna Health Plan, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, and the families of my medical practice.I hope you find this site useful and encourage any comments.
- Dr. Howard King, M.D.
