Young Adult Perspectives Conversations about Primary Care and Behavioral Health
What You’ll Learn:
- Insight into the patient perspective
- Help providers feel more prepared when patients have behavioral health needs
- Share why some screening tools may be more effective than others and how to help patients take the next step
- Ask providers to have these conversations with their colleagues and hold them accountable
Youth & Social Media: The Wins and the Worries
What You’ll Learn:
- Describe two possible benefits and two possible risks of social media for youth
- Identify three strategies PCPs can provide families to support healthy social media habits
- Be able to describe two ways PCP’s can use the American Academy Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Social Media and Youth Mental Health
Supporting LGB Youth in the Primary Care Setting
What You’ll Learn:
- How to recognize best practices for creating a welcoming and affirming office environment for LGB youth
- Understand the medical options for transgender and gender diverse youth and community resources for LGB youth and families
- Recognize the health disparities and potential risks in the LGB community as well as potential protective factors
Talking Race, Kids, and Health
What You’ll Learn:
- The role of pediatric health care providers to address race and racism
- Cross-sector collaborations to improve health outcomes
- Use of books to start conversations about race with kids
Understanding Youth Mental Health & Medical Comorbidities: A Primary Care Approach
What You’ll Learn:
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Identify common mental health disorders in youth
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Understand the interaction between chronic medical conditions and mental health issues in youth
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Understand screening and management strategies to improve overall quality of life