Developmental milestones help us understand when a child needs help, but meeting them early doesn’t necessarily predict long-term success This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. By Chris Sheldrick, PhD, 6th May 2024 For about 24...
Association of Integrating Mental Health Into Pediatric Primary Care at Federally Qualified Health Centers With Utilization and Follow-up Care
Abstract OBJECTIVE To examine the association of a comprehensive MH integration model with health care utilization, psychotropic medication use, and MH follow-up care among Medicaid-enrolled children at FQHCs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This...
Our mental health care worker shortage is taking a toll
MENTAL HEALTH CARE is, like many industries, facing a workforce shortage, as clinicians flee the field in record numbers. But looming alongside that shortage is a second and equally troubling mental health crisis, one that threatens our nation’s...
Chris Sheldrick Discusses Childhood Developmental Milestones with BBC
Developmental milestones are an important medical tool – but is our obsession with them causing unintended harm? By Amanda Ruggeri, 9th January 2023 (BBC) Scroll through parenting feeds on social media, and you'll soon come across so-called milestone cards:...
CNN.com Highlights TEAM UP’s Solution to the Mental Health Crisis in Children
(CNN)- The pandemic has been tough, but the return to in-person schooling has also been emotionally difficult for Mary Norris’ 12-year-old daughter. Norris says her daughter was bullied relentlessly at the school she attended last year in Fresno, California, near...
Special Report: Adolescent Suicidal Ideation
Screening for Adolescent Suicidal Ideation in TEAM UP Cohort 2 Sites Key Takeaways from Data*: The average percentage of adolescents reporting suicidal ideation at TEAM UP CHCs during well-child visits during the COVID-19 pandemic is more than 2x the national average...
Why we need to support community health workers
Medical visits are rarely straightforward. Add factors such as poverty, chronic stress, complex medical issues, functional impairment, and barriers to material needs, and caring for one’s well-being becomes exponentially more layered and challenging. A community...
Boston Medical Center Tackling the Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health Crisis
As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes with a tangible end in sight, assessing its aftermath is only beginning. In its wake is a plethora of pressing matters, many of which have been amplified by COVID-19. “A big, bright light is now shining on all these inequities that...
Wait Lists For Children’s Mental Health Services Ballooned During COVID
Early last year, as the coronavirus threat spread, a 9-year-old named Miles turned into a raging boy his parents did not recognize. The family pediatrician referred Miles to a therapist. His mom, Emily Johnson, says her son needed help right away, but the earliest...