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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – With depression screening for adolescents now provided under federal health reform as a free preventive service, and support for this screening from the American Academy of Pediatrics and 40 other leading medical/health professional organizations, pediatricians and other primary care providers are increasingly seen as the first line in identifying and managing adolescent depression.
Faced with this new challenge, pediatricians and primary care providers are seeking information about how to quickly access the tools and resources they need to screen, evaluate and diagnose depression in their adolescent patients. And adolescence is an important window for the early identification of depression, as research from the National Institute of Mental Health has shown that half of all mental disorders start by age 14. Research has shown that while eight percent of adolescents experience depression each year, less than 40 percent receive treatment. And untreated depression or mental illness is associated with school drop-out/failure, involvement in the juvenile justice system, substance abuse, and thoughts of suicide or suicide attempts.
To address these questions, the TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups at Columbia University and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) will hold a joint webinar on July 18 where two Columbia University experts will share their insights and real-world experiences about establishing a mental health screening program – they’ll discuss best practices for screening, managing referrals, etc.
SPEAKERS:
§ Karen Soren, MD, FAAP, associate clinical professor of pediatrics and public health at Columbia University and a practicing physician in adolescent medicine and pediatrics
§ Moira Rynn, MD, deputy director of research and associate professor of clinical psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University
WHEN: Monday, July 18, 2011
1–2 p.m. ET
* Participants will be able to submit questions online throughout the webinar.
HOW: To register click here or copy and paste the below link into your browser:
https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=328574&sessionid=1&key=7BA16B510DDD92E0DAB4F05E0D21E3C1&sourcepage=register
To view event details click here:
http://www.teenscreen.org/library/events-webinars/making-adolescent-mental-health-a-priority-payment
The TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups at Columbia University is a non-profit public health initiative and national policy and resource center devoted to increasing youth access to regular mental health checkups. The TeenScreen National Center is affiliated with the Columbia University Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Launched nearly 10 years ago, today there are approximately 2,200 TeenScreen sites in 46 states nationwide, through the TeenScreen Primary Care and TeenScreen Schools and Communities programs. As a pioneering force in the early identification of mental illness in teens, TeenScreen programs have been recognized as a national model and are listed in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices and the Best Practices Registry for Suicide Prevention. To learn more about TeenScreen’s free resources and policy research, please visit www.teenscreen.org.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 60,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. For more information, visit www.aap.org.
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