Dr. Cori M. Green, Director of Behavioral Health Education and Integration in Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, co-authored a book recently published by the American Academy of Pediatrics titled, Mental Health Strategies for Pediatric Care.
The book serves as a guide to help primary care pediatricians, family doctors, nurse practitioners, and other professionals identify, treat, and prevent mental health problems as well as promote good mental health in their patients. The authors come from different medical specialties but emphasize common factors and elements in approaching mental health care in the primary practice setting.
Clinicians will gain insight into effective methods for helping patients and families share mental health concerns, learn about mental health issues, and develop positive attitudes about seeking treatment from specialty providers. They will also learn how to more effectively deal with issues that are below the level of a diagnosable disorder and use early, first-line therapeutic strategies for common mental health disorders. Also included are techniques for supporting patients and families in maintaining positive emotional and behavioral changes that resulted from specialty treatment with other providers
“We wrote this book with the intent to help pediatric providers in that moment a mental or social health concern is found. After assessing for safety, the first step is to engage the family by offering hope and a brief intervention to help alleviate distress. Doing this while taking the next steps in an assessment or making a referral is the most important thing any pediatric provider can do to help get the family the care they need." - Dr. Cori M. Green, Director, Behavioral Health Education and Integration in Pediatrics