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Back to Episodes8. Teen Depression: What every pediatrician needs to know with Dr. Elise Fallucco and Dr. Michaela Denison
Description
How can you tell if a teen has depression? Dr. Elise Fallucco and Dr. Michaela Denison discuss how depression is a hidden illness, and how you can use a 3-step approach to diagnose depression and suicide risk.
o What every pediatrician needs to know about depression –
*** 1 in 7 teens have experienced depression
***1 in 5 teens have seriously considered suicide
o The Importance of screening kids 12+ for depression
o Dr. Fallucco's 3 Step Approach to assessing a teen with a positive depression screen
------ Step 1: Assess for depressive symptoms, timing, context
------ Step 2: Consider differential diagnosis (medical causes, meds/drugs, anxiety, trauma, bipolar, psychosis)
------ Step 3: Safety
o Suicidal thoughts alone do not require an ED visit
o Any red flags: suicide plan, attempt, intent require emergency evaluation
Dr. Elise Fallucco, child psychiatrist, mom, and host of PsychEd4Peds, specializes in adolescent depression and suicidality. She brings over 14 years experience in training pediatric clinicians to identify and treat mental health problems.
Dr. Michaela Denison, child psychiatrist, mom, and co-host of this episode of PsychEd4Peds, is the founding Director of the Lockbag program to prevent youth overdoses at the University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville. (UF-Jax) She also serves as the Associate Program Director for the child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at UF-Jax.
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