Episode 30 - The Promise of Single-Session Interventions
AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, speaks with Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Clinical Psychology PhD Program at Stony Brook University, Jessica L. Schleider, PhD,  about single-session interventions (SSIs) for youth mental health, the state of evidence around SSIs, and recent research findings

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Jessica L. Schleider, PhD
Assistant Professor

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD
AACAP President 

Dr. Carlson specializes in childhood psychopathology and psychopharmacology in general, and the subjects of childhood and adolescent depression, bipolar disorder and suicide ideation. Her research interests include the phenomenology and long-term follow up of young people with bipolar disorder, and the relationship of behavior disorders, developmental disorders, and mood disorders. Her current interest is in the rise of adolescent suicide and risk factors leading to mood disorders, as well as the interaction between mood disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Episode 29 - Mental Health Pandemic in Israel
AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, chats with Dr. Silvana Fennig, Director of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, and Associate Professor at the Sackler Medical School at Tel Aviv University, about the continuing theme of the crisis in mental health and access to care. This is an international problem not just a US problem and they talk about how they are managing mental health services in Israel.

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Silvana Fennig, MD
Director, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel

Dr. Fenning serves as the director of child psychiatry department and the director of Crisis Intervention Unit (Pediatrics “D”) at Schneider Children's. Dr. Fennig is a graduate of the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University (TAU).

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD
AACAP President 

Dr. Carlson specializes in childhood psychopathology and psychopharmacology in general, and the subjects of childhood and adolescent depression, bipolar disorder and suicide ideation. Her research interests include the phenomenology and long-term follow up of young people with bipolar disorder, and the relationship of behavior disorders, developmental disorders, and mood disorders. Her current interest is in the rise of adolescent suicide and risk factors leading to mood disorders, as well as the interaction between mood disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Episode 28 - Re-imagining Child Mental Health Treatment
AACAP President Gabrielle Carlson, MD, continues the theme of the “other pandemic” of the crisis in child mental health and access to care. Dr. Carlson discusses with Dr. Matthew Biel the current crisis and the spotlight on mental health in kids to re-imagine how we might change the system to address certain issues including workforce and training needs. They further discuss how COVID has changed the public’s understanding of all the ways that schools support children and adolescents.

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Matthew Biel, MD, MSc
Professor, Vice Chair, and Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown University School

Dr. Biel is Professor, Vice Chair, and Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Biel has clinical interests in child development, trauma and resilience, mood and anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and psychiatric care of children with medical illnesses. He leads a range of community-based research initiatives and is Co-Director of the Early Childhood Innovation Network. 

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD
AACAP President 

Dr. Carlson specializes in childhood psychopathology and psychopharmacology in general, and the subjects of childhood and adolescent depression, bipolar disorder and suicide ideation. Her research interests include the phenomenology and long-term follow up of young people with bipolar disorder, and the relationship of behavior disorders, developmental disorders, and mood disorders. Her current interest is in the rise of adolescent suicide and risk factors leading to mood disorders, as well as the interaction between mood disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Episode 27 - Inpatient Beds for Kids: How Many and What Kind?
AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, explores the complexity of inpatient beds for children and adolescents with APA Secretary Sandra DeJong, MD.

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Sandra DeJong, MD
APA Secretary

Dr. DeJong is Senior Consultant to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program at Cambridge Health Alliance, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is in half-time private practice in Cambridge, Mass. Dr. DeJong also serves as Secretary of the American Psychiatric Association.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD
AACAP President 

Dr. Carlson specializes in childhood psychopathology and psychopharmacology in general, and the subjects of childhood and adolescent depression, bipolar disorder and suicide ideation. Her research interests include the phenomenology and long-term follow up of young people with bipolar disorder, and the relationship of behavior disorders, developmental disorders, and mood disorders. Her current interest is in the rise of adolescent suicide and risk factors leading to mood disorders, as well as the interaction between mood disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Episode 26 - COVID-19, Racism and an Asian American Experience
AACAP President-Elect Warren Ng, MD, joins AACAP President Gaye Carlson, MD, in a continuing focus on advancing racial and ethnic equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Warren Y.K. Ng, MD, MPH

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD
AACAP President 

Dr. Carlson specializes in childhood psychopathology and psychopharmacology in general, and the subjects of childhood and adolescent depression, bipolar disorder and suicide ideation. Her research interests include the phenomenology and long-term follow up of young people with bipolar disorder, and the relationship of behavior disorders, developmental disorders, and mood disorders. Her current interest is in the rise of adolescent suicide and risk factors leading to mood disorders, as well as the interaction between mood disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Episode 25 - The Other Pandemic: Caring for Mental Health of Kids and their Professional Caregivers
AACAP President Gaye Carlson, MD, continues the discussion of the other pandemic with Victor Fornari, MD, MS, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, Zucker School of Medicine.

Victor M. Fornari, MD, MS

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD
AACAP President 

Dr. Carlson specializes in childhood psychopathology and psychopharmacology in general, and the subjects of childhood and adolescent depression, bipolar disorder and suicide ideation. Her research interests include the phenomenology and long-term follow up of young people with bipolar disorder, and the relationship of behavior disorders, developmental disorders, and mood disorders. Her current interest is in the rise of adolescent suicide and risk factors leading to mood disorders, as well as the interaction between mood disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Episode 24 - The Other Pandemic: Children’s Mental Health Crisis and Its Impact on Systems of Care.
AACAP President Gaye Carlson, MD, discusses increasing rates of children in mental health crisis with David Axelson, MD, Endowed Chair in Pediatric Psychiatry and Department Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

David Axelson, MD

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD
AACAP President 

Dr. Carlson specializes in childhood psychopathology and psychopharmacology in general, and the subjects of childhood and adolescent depression, bipolar disorder and suicide ideation. Her research interests include the phenomenology and long-term follow up of young people with bipolar disorder, and the relationship of behavior disorders, developmental disorders, and mood disorders. Her current interest is in the rise of adolescent suicide and risk factors leading to mood disorders, as well as the interaction between mood disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Episode 23 - What is Cultural Competence?
AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, speaks with author and adult and child psychiatrist, Elisa P. Bell, MD, in a continuation of our conversations on rising above racism.

Elisa P. Bell, MD

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD
AACAP President 

Dr. Carlson specializes in childhood psychopathology and psychopharmacology in general, and the subjects of childhood and adolescent depression, bipolar disorder and suicide ideation. Her research interests include the phenomenology and long-term follow up of young people with bipolar disorder, and the relationship of behavior disorders, developmental disorders, and mood disorders. Her current interest is in the rise of adolescent suicide and risk factors leading to mood disorders, as well as the interaction between mood disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Episode 22 - Building Trust to Conquer COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, discusses the grim past of racism in medical research with Mrs. Lillie Tyson Head, President of Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation, and our own Carmen Thornton, AACAP Director of Research, Grants and Workforce.

Lillie Tyson Head

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD
AACAP President 

Dr. Carlson specializes in childhood psychopathology and psychopharmacology in general, and the subjects of childhood and adolescent depression, bipolar disorder and suicide ideation. Her research interests include the phenomenology and long-term follow up of young people with bipolar disorder, and the relationship of behavior disorders, developmental disorders, and mood disorders. Her current interest is in the rise of adolescent suicide and risk factors leading to mood disorders, as well as the interaction between mood disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Episode 21 - Parenting – No Quick Fixes
In a continuation of recent discussions on the challenges of effective parenting, AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, speaks with Dr. David Rettew about his latest insights.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

David Rettew, MD
Medical Director - Child, Adolescent & Families Division
Vermont Department of Mental Health

Dr. Rettew has been active across a diverse range of research, clinical, teaching, and administrative endeavors.  He has published over 100 articles, chapters, and scientific abstracts on a variety of mental health topics and is author of the book Child Temperament: New Thinking About the Boundaries Between Traits and Illness.  

Episode 20 - Supporting Parents to Support Their Children
In this installment, AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, speaks with Child Mind Institute President and Medical Director, Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, about successful parenting.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Harold S. Koplewicz, MD
President; Medical Director
Child Mind Institute

Dr. Koplewicz is the founding president and Medical Director of the Child Mind Institute. One of the nation’s leading child and adolescent psychiatrists, he is known as an innovator in the field, a strong advocate for child mental health, and a master clinician.

Episode 19 - Child Psychiatry Service Delivery and COVID
AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, speaks with AADCAP President, Rich Martini, MD, about overcoming the continuing service delivery challenges in child and adolescent psychiatry.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

D. Richard Martini, MD
AADCAP President
University of Utah School of Medicine

Dr. Martini is Division Chief , Pediatric Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine. He is also Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Primary Children’s Hospital

Episode 18 - Preschool Depression: It is Real and Important
AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, talks with Prof. Joan Luby, MD, Washington University School of Medicine, on practical advice on identifying pre-school depression, treatment, and the long-term implications of the condition.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Joan Luby, MD
Washington University School of Medicine

Dr. Luby is the Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Child Psychiatry at Washington University. She is founder and director of the Washington University School of Medicine Early Emotional Development Program, which focuses on the study and treatment of mood disorders in preschool-aged children.

Episode 17 - Let's Chat About Children with Developmental Disabilities
AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, talks to Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics President, Carol Weitzman, MD, about overcoming COVID-19 challenges for patients with disabilities.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Carol Weitzman, MD
President, Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Dr. Weitzman is a board-certified and nationally recognized leader in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics. She has been a member of the faculty at Yale for 25 years and is a Professor of Pediatrics. She directed the section of DBP at Yale and the DBP fellowship program. She has been named as a Top Doctor in Connecticut and nationally.

Episode 16 - Limit Setting and Screens
AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, and Dan Waschbusch, MD, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry, Penn State University's Milton S. Hershey Medical Center discuss ways to limit adolescent and child screen time with gaming apps and phones.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Dan Waschbusch, MD
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry, Penn State University

Dr. Waschbusch is Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Penn State University. His research focuses on advancing the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders, including ADHD, ODD, and conduct disorder.

Episode 15 - Teen Screens & COVID-19
In this episode of SCREENSIDE CHATS,  AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, talks with Media Committee Co-chair and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut, Paul Weigle, MD. Learn why it’s important for parents to monitor child and adolescent video use and what to do when conflicts arise.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Paul Weigle, MD
Associate Medical Director, Natchaug Hospital Ambulatory Services
Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut

Dr. Paul Weigle is the Associate Medical Director for Ambulatory Services and oversees Joshua Centers Shoreline, Southeast and Mansfield; Young Adult and Adult Programs at Sachem House and Care Plus. Dr. Weigle has served on the AACAP's Media Committee since 2003, and has presented on the effects of media on children at numerous national meetings and seminars.

Episode 14 - Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents
In this episode of SCREENSIDE CHATS, AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, speaks on this very serious subject with leading expert David Brent, MD, Academic Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

David A. Brent, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Academic Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Dr. Brent is a Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Epidemiology, and Clinical and Translational Science and Endowed Chair in Suicide Studies at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC. His work in the area of suicide has focused on the epidemiology of adolescent suicide, and has helped to identify the role of firearms, substance abuse, and mood disorders as risk factors for youth suicide.

Episode 13 - Dealing with COVID in Ambulatory Pediatrics
In this episode of SCREENSIDE CHATS, AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, talks with Jill Cioffi, MD, FAAP, Medical Director of Ambulatory Primary Care Pediatrics, Stony Brook Children's Hospital. They discuss the primary care realities of treating younger patients in the age of COVID-19.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Jill Cioffi, MD, FAAP
Medical Director of Ambulatory Primary Care Pediatrics, Stony Brook Children's Hospital

Dr. Cioffi is a board-certified pediatrician. She is a graduate of Brown University and received her medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Cioffi has proudly served the east end pediatric community for over eight years. In addition, she was a staff physician in the student health department at Barnard College and Southampton College. Dr. Cioffi resides in Hampton Bays.

Episode 12 - The Impact of Covid-19 on Work/Life Integration
In this episode, Dr. Carlson chats with AACAP Women in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Committee member, Consuelo ("ChiChi") Cagande, MD.  They explore practical tips to navigate blending professional and home life during the pandemic.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Consuelo Cagande, MD
Division Chief, Community Care and Wellness Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Dr. Cagande is the Division Chief of the Community Care and Wellness Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and specializes in child anxiety and trauma disorders. She is also a member of AACAP's Women in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Committee.

Episode 11 - AACAP's Commitment to Diversity and Health Equity
AACAP Assembly Chair Melvin Oatis, MD, talks with AACAP’s President, Gaye Carlson, MD on this timely topic.  Highlighted are AACAP’s anti-racism resources and our efforts to address the special mental health challenges facing patients of color.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Melvin Oatis, MD
Private Practice 
AACAP Chair, Assembly of Regional Organizations of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Dr. Oatis is a child and adolescent psychiatry specialist in New York, NY, and treasurer of the New York Council on Child and Adolescent (NYCCAP).

Episode 10 - Going Back to School - Kids with Special Needs
AACAP Schools Committee member Jeff Bostic, MD, EdD, a leading authority on school-based mental health, joins President Gaye Carlson, MD, for this in-depth discussion. Listen for new insights to help students most in need, as teachers and schools deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Jeff Bostic, MD, EdD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Georgetown University Hospital

Dr. Bostic primarily focuses on improving mental health within schools through the Wellbeing In School Environments (WISE) program and supporting primary care clinicians to manage mental health needs of their patients through the DC Mental Health Access Program (DC MAP). Dr. Bostic has developed wellbeing materials for teachers and students and is a member of the AACAP Schools Committee. 

Episode 9 - Going Back to School - Part 1
AACAP Member Avanti Bergquist, MD, and a local school board member in Washington state, joins Dr. Carlson to discuss key COVID-related mental and physical health issues for K-12 schools this Fall.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Avanti Bergquist, MD
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist, Eating Recovery Center - Bellevue, WA

Dr. Bergquist is an AACAP member where she serves on both the Advocacy Committee and the Inpatient, Residential, and Partial Hospitalization Committee. She is also a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and is the president as well as advocacy liaison of the Washington State Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (WSCCAP).

Episode 8 - Back to Work in the USA?
As America continues its battle with COVID-19, many U.S. health systems are trying to re-open to serve patients.   In this Screenside Chat, AACAP President Dr. Gaye Carlson speaks with Tami Benton, MD, Frederick Allen Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Chair of Psychiatry at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).  Dr. Benton provides important insights into the feasibility of practicing in the COVID environment and addressing the mental health needs of patients, health care professionals, and staff during the pandemic.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Tami Benton, MD
Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chair of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Dr. Benton's research focuses primarily on pediatric mood and anxiety disorders, sickle cell disease and psychiatric conditions, HIV and psychiatric conditions, neuroimmunology and mood disorders, health services research, eating disorders, and ethnically diverse children.

Episode 7 - Getting Back to Work
As America grapples with the pandemic and how safely to re-open some businesses and services, this episode of SCREENSIDE CHATS shares important insights from Spain. Celso Arango, MD, PhD, Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon in Madrid, speaks with AACAP President Gaye Carlson, MD, about on-going limitations and possible solutions to resume in-person clinical encounters.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Celso Arango, MD, PhD
Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon

Celso Arango, MD, PhD is a psychiatrist and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Professor of Psychiatry at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Full Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Visiting Professor at King’s College London. He is also Director of the Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health at Hospital Gregorio Marañon and Chair of the Child and Adolescent Department at the same institution. Dr Arango was the Scientific Director of the Spanish Psychiatric Research Network with 25 centres and more than 400 researchers from 2008 through 2016. He has written more than 400 peer-reviewed articles, 8 books, and more than 44 book chapters.  Furthermore, in 2008 Dr Arango was awarded the Spanish Ministry of Health Medal of Honour, the “Cruz de la Orden Civil de Sanidad”. He is a member of the European Brain Council Board (the European Commission's advisory council), and has been President of the Ministry of Health, Social Services, and Equality’s National Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Specialty Commission since 2014. In 2016, Dr Arango was designated President Elect of the Spanish Society of Psychiatry (SEP). He was President of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) from 2016 to 2019.

Episode 6 - Screenside Chat for Graduating Fellows
In this episode of SCREENSIDE CHATS, we congratulate 2020 graduating fellows! Recent Triple Board Resident graduate and AACAP Committee on Medical Students & Residents Co-Chair Amanda Downey, MD, interviews AACAP President and host, Gabrielle Carlson, MD, about advice on what recent graduates can do to ensure a successful start to their careers.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Amanda Downey, MD
Triple Board Resident, University of Pittsburgh

Amanda Downey, MD completed her medical training at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and will graduate from the UPMC Triple Board Program in 2020. Prior to residency, Dr. Downey was interested in the intersection of spirituality and health and the neurobiology of eating disorders. As a Triple Board Program resident, she is a member of the AACE Track and is involved in mental health advocacy initiatives. Dr. Downey holds a national role in AACAP as the John E. Schowalter, MD, Resident Member of Council. Her academic interests include physician well-being and integrated care in the juvenile justice system.

Episode 5 - Child Maltreatment and the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this SCREENSIDE CHAT AACAP Child Maltreatment and Violence Committee Co-chair, Judy Cohen, MD, talks with AACAP President Gaye Carlson, MD, about the added dangers children may be facing, where they live, at this time.  Highlighted are practical tips and considerations for child and adolescent psychiatrists to explore with their patients, as they evaluate and promote patient safety and well-being through telepsychiatry during the pandemic and beyond.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Judy Cohen, MD
Director, Center for Traumatic Stress in Children & Adolescents at Allegheny General Hospital

Dr. Judy Cohen is Professor of Psychiatry at Drexel University College of medicine, and medical Director of the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children & Adolescents at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. 

Episode 4 - Health Equities and Disparities in the COVID-19 Era - A Conversation with AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD
In this episode of SCREENSIDE CHATS, AMA President and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Patrice A. Harris, MD, speaks with AACAP President Gaye Carlson, MD, on how COVID-19 is bringing to light longstanding health inequality and disparities. Detailed is what child and adolescent psychiatrists can do about these social and practice issues for their patients and the profession.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Patrice Harris, MD
President, American Medical Association

Dr. Patrice Harris, a renowned child and adolescent psychiatrist from Atlanta, is the 174th president of the American Medical Association and the first African-American woman to hold this position. As a private practicing physician, public health administrator and patient advocate, Dr. Harris has been an active leader in organized medicine for her entire career.

Episode 3 - Managing Medication Remotely
AACAP President Gaye Carlson, MD, and Psychopharmacology Committee Co-Chair, Timothy Wilens, MD, discuss virtual practice in the age of COVID-19. Medication prescribing and management is discussed in the context of the changing practice dynamic of telepsychiatry.

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Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD
AACAP President 

Dr. Carlson

Tim Wilens, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
AACAP Distinguished Fellow

Dr. Tim Wilens, is a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association and the and is on the editorial boards or is a scientific reviewer for more than 35 journals. Dr. Wilens is chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is co-director of the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the MGH Trustees Chair in Addiction Medicine and a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Episode 2 - Health Care Promotion and Illness Prevention Done Remotely
AACAP President, Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, interviews fellow AACAP member and noted wellness expert James Hudziak, MD, to discuss ways to deploy remotely and digitally the skill set needed to reach patients, families, and health care workers, as we battle the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode of SCREENSIDE CHATS, child and adolescent psychiatrists will learn more about what they can do to practice aggressive illness prevention strategies during a time when they are needed most.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

Jim Hudziak, MD
University of Vermont Wellness Environment

Jim Hudziak, MD is the Creator and Director of the University of Vermont Wellness Environment (WE). He is also the creator of WEmentors, part of the WE Relate pillar of wellness at the UVM Wellness Environment. In addition, in his role as Chief of Child Psychiatry and Director of the Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families at UVM College of Medicine and Medical Center, Jim has also created a new way to help children and families, The Vermont Family Based Approach a novel health promotion program based on the same pillars of wellness emphasized in WE. The approaches of WE have been applied with great success even in the face of great adversity.

Episode 1 - Improvised Telepsychiatry: When Everything Can’t be Perfect
In this two-part SCREENSIDE CHAT, AACAP President, Dr. Gabrielle A. Carlson interviews AACAP Telepsychiatry Committee Member, Dr. David E. Roth on how to achieve patient satisfaction through telepsychiatry and gain insight into a successful telepsychiatry practice.

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Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD

David E. Roth, MD
Mind & Body Works
AACAP Telepsychiatry Committee

Dr. Roth is an AACAP Distinguished Fellow, and a Fellow of the American Association of Pediatrics, Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and is Triple Board Certified in Pediatrics, Adult Psychiatry & Neurology, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.