kids and covid

The mental health crisis in adolescents is a growing problem. Three years after the COVID pandemic uprooted life as we knew it, kids are still dealing with many issues causing a number of mental health conditions.

 Dr. Laine Taylor,  Medical Director at The Village for Families and Children in Hartford, joins me to discuss mental health in children in this episode.

Prior to working at The Village for Families and Children, Dr. Taylor was an assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center and worked in child psychiatric inpatient service for seven years.  Dr. Taylor completed general psychiatry residency at the University of Arizona and completed a Child and Adolescent Fellowship at The Yale Child Study Center in New Haven.  

A recent report stated that 40 percent of US parents are “extremely” or “very” worried that their children struggle with anxiety or depression. The Pew Research Center report concluded that mental health is the greatest healthcare concern among parents. 

We discussed the health disparity in mental health for Black and Latino children, and the barriers o treatment that exist. 

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As 2021 winds down, you were probably hoping that we had seen the back of conspiracy theories and the worst of Covid-19, but with a new variant and changes to the vaccine comes a new wave of falsehoods to scare people.

To cut through the panic and sort fact from fiction, The Quicky speaks to an infectious diseases expert to find out exactly what you need to know about boosters, Omicron and vaccinating your kids.

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Associate Professor Sanjaya Senanayake - Infectious Diseases Expert based at the Australian National University in Canberra

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

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Dr. Jennie Berkovich and Dr. Sayaka Imagawa discuss encouraging children two years old and up to continue to wear masks and social distance, advice for parents with special needs children and wearing their mask, what parents of newborns should know when diagnosed with Covid-19 and navigating keeping extended family apart and immediate family safe as Covid-19 numbers continue to climb. The doctors provide insight on challenges faced  by physicians in the era of Covid-19 and what it has been like treating other infections during a pandemic. We learn about the long-term consequences in Covid, similarities in other virus’s’, existing vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) the ages approved to offer and their effectiveness. Tune in for a breakdown of MIS-C (multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children) and how Covid has effected children with respiratory issues returning to sports after recovery.

Dr. Sayaka Imagawa, known as Dr. Saya by her patients, is a board certified pediatrician originally from Los Angeles. She graduated medical school from Georgetown University and completed her residency at Nicklaus Children’s formerly Miami children’s hospital.  Prior to working at MD Kids Pediatrics she worked in both the Skylake and Causeway offices at Pediatric Associates. In her spare time she enjoys to travel and trying new foods.

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In the third episode of Humans Being, I ask parents to interview their children about what stressors, anxieties, fears, and hopes they have during this challenging and unprecedented time.