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AACAP: "Pathways to Leadership"
Sponsored by AADCAP during AACAP’s annual meeting
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
11:00 am to 1:30 pm ET

PRESENTERS
Richard Martini, MD, Primary Children's Hospital/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
David Axelson, MD, Nationwide Children's Hospital / Ohio State University, Bexley, OH
Michael Jellinek, MD, Partners HealthCare System, Newton, MA
John T. Walkup, MD, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Stephanie C. Eken, MD, Rogers Behavioral Health, Nashville, TN
Cheryl S. Al-Mateen, MD, Psychiatry, VA Commonwealth Univ School of Medicine, Midlothian, VA
Yolanda Graham, MD, Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, Philadelphia, PA

The Membership Forum discusses “Pathways to Leadership” for AACAP membership and considers factors that can determine how a child and adolescent psychiatrist pursues leadership positions in an organization.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand how a child and adolescent psychiatrist can develop the skills necessary to assume leadership positions with true administrative responsibility and influence in decision making.
2. Consider the role of the child and adolescent psychiatrist when working with multidisciplinary teams of mental health professionals in clinical care, training, and research.

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HIGHLIGHTS
Back-to-School Questions: How can families help children cope with last-minute changes?	Victor Fornari, MD interviewed by NBC Today Show Back-to-School Questions: How can families help children cope with last-minute changes? NBC Today in New York September 14, 2021
Children’s mental health badly harmed by pandemic. Therapy is hard to find.	John Diamond, MD interviewed by The Washington Post: Children’s mental health badly harmed by pandemic. Therapy is hard to find. The Washington Post August 14, 2021
Shots HEALTH NEWS FROM NPR How A Hospital And A School District Teamed Up To Help Kids In Emotional Crisis	How A Hospital And A School District Teamed Up To Help Kids In Emotional Crisis NPR, 6-minute radio recording June 11,2021
'Overrun with kids attempting suicide': Children's Colorado declares state of emergency	'Overrun with kids attempting suicide': Children's Colorado declares state of emergency Doug Novins, MD and his team at Children's Hospital Colorado Becker Hospital Review May 26, 2021
N.Y. Hospital, Schools Aim To Improve Kids' Access To Mental Health Provider	N.Y. Hospital, Schools Aim To Improve Kids' Access To Mental Health Provider Victor Fornari, MD and his team at Cohen's Children's Medical Center NPR (6-minute radio recording) May 26, 2021
How one hospital is making a difference for kids with mental health issues	Dave Axelson, MD interviewed on the Today show: How one hospital is making a difference for kids with mental health issues Today Show May 19, 2021
Examining Our COVID-19 Response: Using Lessons Learned to Address Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders	U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ONHealth, Education Labor & Pensions Tami Benton, MD testifies in the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor & Pensions' full committee hearing on Examining Our COVID-19 Response: Using Lessons Learned to Address Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders April 28, 2021
For Some Teens, It's Been a Year of Anxiety and Trips to the E.R. February 23, 2021	David Axelson, MD mentioned in NY Times: For Some Teens, It's Been a Year of Anxiety and Trips to the E.R. During the pandemic, suicidal thinking is up. And families find that hospitals can’t handle adolescents in crisis. The New York Times February 23, 2021
Experts Express Concerns Over Mental Health of Some Kids in the Pandemic January 25, 2021	D. Richard Martini, MD interviewed on NPR: Experts Express Concerns Over Mental Health of Some Kids in the Pandemic (click on "7-Minute Listen") A year into the pandemic, emergency rooms nationwide are seeing a rise in kids experiencing mental health crises. Educators and doctors are concerned that many of those kids are turning to suicide.
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