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Feb 28, 2020
Supporting Caregivers' Critical Role in Treating Eating Disorders
For parents, having a sick child is always difficult. We as medical and psychological professionals want nothing more than for these children to feel…
Feb 25, 2020
Pediatricians’ Answer to the Vaping Epidemic? Prevention.
Pediatricians fill a unique role in a teen’s life. Their personal relationships with patients and parents allows them to deliver reliable…
Feb 18, 2020
Closing the Gap: Creating More Equity in Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
I recently read a new study in Autism Research that examined data collected through the Centers for Disease Control and…
Feb 11, 2020
Improving Health Care One Community at a Time
Editor’s note: This is part of our social determinants of health blog post series, which features content from…
Feb 04, 2020
How Immigrant Status is a Determinant of Health for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
Editor’s note: This is part of our social determinants of health blog post series, which features content from…
Jan 28, 2020
New Vaping and Tobacco Laws…and What’s Next in 200 Words
Research shows the vast majority of adult smokers started smoking before turning 21, and most actually started before age 18. So it came as no…
Jan 16, 2020
Sexual Assault, Behavioral Health & Emergency Medicine: 3 Perspectives on New Research
Nearly 2 million adolescents in the United States have been sexually abused, and each year thousands of children and adolescents …
Jan 09, 2020
Addressing the Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in 200 Words
In December, I had the privilege of joining the Congressional Black Caucus Emergency Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Healthin…
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