Inpatient Beds for Kids: How Many and What Kind?

In this last episode of Screenside Chats, roles are reversed where incoming AACAP President Dr. Warren Ng interviews current AACAP President Dr. Gabrielle Carlson about the outcomes of her presidential initiative, about children and outbursts, treatment and interventions, and much more. The national emergency in children’s mental health is also discussed, so tune in as we come to a close on these informative Screenside Chats.

AACAP President, Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD speaks with Dr. Ellen Leibenluft, Senior Investigator and Chief of the Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience Intramural Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health, about how to answer the questions of irritability or early onset bipolar, how early can bipolar disorder be diagnosed, and where do outbursts fit in the study of irritability. 

In this episode of Screenside Chats, AACAP President, Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, discusses with Michael Sorter, MD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, the major issues regarding children with severe emotional outbursts, including what he has done with kids who become violent on the inpatient unit, thoughts on the place of emergency rooms and inpatient unit beds for children with outbursts, and PRN medication and its role in outburst management, among other issues.

ACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, addresses outbursts and emotion dysregulation with Jack McClellan, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington State, and the Medical Director of Child Study and Treatment Center, the State Hospital for kids in Washington State. Their discussion includes how much outbursts are a problem, treatments, and systems issues.

AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, chats with Manpreet Singh, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, about the question of what constitutes mania/bipolar disorder in younger children.

AACAP President Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, speaks with Dr. Joan Asarnow, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA and a Board Certified Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychologist, about suicidal behavior in youth, and interventions, specifically in the emergency room, that are proven to be effective with these children and adolescents.

In this episode of Screenside Chats, AACAP President, Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD, discusses managing school refusal with John T. Walkup, MD, Chair of the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health; Margaret C. Osterman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

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.

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.

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.