is an assistant professor of psychiatry in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

is a medical student at Georgetown University School of Medicine.

 is an assistant professor and senior policy associate at the Center for Child and Human Development in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

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A well-being centered approach expands assessment and treatment for the child’s strengths and opportunities for positive experiences with the family.

Incorporating Well-Being Into Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

is the scientific director and president of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research and a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego.

is an assistant professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; and deputy medical director of mental health, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center.

Television, tablets, gaming, phones: how are they impacting child and adolescent mental health? 

Screen Media Activity in Youth: Friend or Fiend?

Understanding Psychiatric Implications of Child Immigration

is professor of psychiatry emeritus and director of the One Sky Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Behavioral Health at Oregon Health and Science University. His current work draws attention to best practices for the prevention and treatment of addiction and mental health disorders in American Indian populations.

Each Native American tribe has a specific history, traditions, customs, and culture, and knowing something of these will help build the physician-patient relationship. 

Issues for Psychiatrists: Challenges Facing American Indian and Alaska Native Patients

is the chair and medical director of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Sibley Memorial Hospital, as well as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Women experience depression at rates twice that of men. But Black women are only half as likely to seek care as White women. Here's what you can do to help this population. 

The State of Mental Health of Black Women: Clinical Considerations

is a board-certified adult and child/adolescent psychiatrist. She is an instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an attending at the Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea Health Center. She also has a small private practice in Boston.

Understanding a patient's sociocultural background will have an important effect on treatment, especially for Hispanic patients. 

Reconceptualizing Hispanics in America: From Reading Stark Statistics to Confronting Racial and Ethnic Trauma

is an assistant psychiatrist at the Behavioral Health Partial Hospital Program at McLean Hospital, a supervising psychiatrist to residents in the Adult Outpatient Services, and a member of the faculty at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Cross-Cultural Student Emotional Wellness.

is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The rise in anti-Asian violence will likely lead to a rise in Asian Americans presenting for psychiatric care. Here is how best to address the longer-term problems they face...

Asian American Mental Health: Treating a Diverse Population at a Crossroads

is an outpatient psychiatrist at Prisma Health-Upstate and clinical associate professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville. He served on the American Psychiatric Association’s Task Force to Address Structural Racism Throughout Psychiatry, and he currently serves as the Diversity and Inclusion section editor and advisory board member for

By recognizing the importance of minority mental health and caring for all types of patients, psychiatrists depict the epitome of humanity.

The Epitome of Humanity

 is a psychiatrist in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs’ newly created lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer specialty service in Colorado.

is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

Due to discrimination's negative impact, transgender and gender-nonconforming youth are several times more likely than the rate of their cisgender peers to have depression and anxiety.

The Negative Impact of Current Legislation on Gender Diverse Adolescents

is a researcher and an educator in the Department of Health and Social Care at The Open University (United Kingdom) and an honorary academic in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland (New Zealand).

is a child psychologist and an assistant professor in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Online environments have revolutionized the lives of young SGM individuals, but also created unforeseen issues...

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