Opinion
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: January 8, 2025
The authors offer six “mythbusters” for this chronic condition.
News
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: November 11, 2024
Even if you do not have the time or resources to provide the full Triple P curriculum, you can offer these principles directly to parents and decid...
News
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: September 16, 2024
Like professional athletes, those experiencing stress can think about their time as being their most precious resource and be intentional about how...
News
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: July 15, 2024
School avoidance is very important to identify and address quickly, as it can intensify and threaten development.
News
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: May 15, 2024
We can help young people and their families to be smart users of their smartphones and social media as we learn more detail about risk and vulnerab...
News
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: March 15, 2024
Pediatricians are in a unique position to raise teenagers’ awareness of their specific vulnerabilities around the...
News
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: January 10, 2024
If you have identified some degree of suicide risk in your patient, bringing their parents into the conversation ...
News
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: November 7, 2023
More than half of the people who die by suicide visit a health care provider within 4 weeks of their death, highlighting an opportunity for screeni...
News
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: September 14, 2023
Advice is offered on how to initiate treatment for the most common anxiety disorders.
News
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: July 17, 2023
Anxiety disorders in childhood are common. If detected early and treated appropriately, they are often curable.
News
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: May 10, 2023
Just as children are developing physical health, they are similarly establishing the foundations for their mental health.
Opinion
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: March 21, 2023
If screen time interferes with building independence, cultivating healthy social relationships, learning about their identity, managing their stron...
Opinion
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: January 10, 2023
How children with ADHD will fare as adults is not predicted by their symptom level, but instead by the quality of their relationships with their pa...
Opinion
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: November 15, 2022
You do not need to wait for decisive evidence from randomized controlled trials to recommend mindfulness training for your patients with anxiety, A...
Opinion
- Author:
- Susan D. Swick, MD
Publish date: September 14, 2022
Managing psychiatric illnesses is rapidly becoming routine practice for primary care pediatricians, whether screening for symptoms of anxiety and d...
