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TheDepartmentofChild&AdolescentPsychiatry

KellyWalkerLowry,PhDProgramManager,Par@alHospitaliza@onProgramAssistantProfessor,FeinbergSchoolofMedicine,NorthwesternUniversity

Background•  ClinicalChild&PediatricPsychologist•  Training:

–  Bachelor’sfromWestVirginiaUniversity,MS&PhDfromUniversityofFlorida–  Internship&Post-DoctoralFellowshipfromChildren’sMemorialHospital(nowAnn&RobertHLurieChildren’sHospitalofChicago)

•  Appointments:–  ASendingPsychologistatLurieChildren’sHospital–  AssistantProfessorofPsychiatry&BehavioralSciencesatNorthwesternUniversity–  ProgramManagerofthePar@alHospitaliza@onProgramintheDepartmentofChild&AdolescentPsychiatry

•  Researchandclinicalinterestsintreatmentoutcomes,pediatricobesity,andmo@va@onalinterviewing•  Member,BoardofDirectors,ChicagoRun

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MentalHealth&IllnessinAmerica

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PrevalenceofMentalIllness

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PrevalencebyDiagnosis

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LGBTQCommunity

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TreatmentofMentalIllness

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IssuesFacedbyMul@culturalCommuni@es

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MentalHealthinPediatricPopula@ons

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MentalHealthinPediatricPopula@ons

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SuicideinYouth

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WarningSigns

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WhatShouldParents&CaregiversDo?

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ServicesatAnn&RobertH.LurieChildren’sHospitalofChicago

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TheDepartmentofChild&AdolescentPsychiatryatLurieChildren’sHospital•  Mul@disciplinarydepartmentincludespsychiatry,psychology,socialwork,nursing,speech&languagepathologist,educa@onspecialists,recrea@ontherapist,milieutherapists•  Pa@entsandfamiliesuptoage18•  DepartmentHead:MinaK.Dulcan,MD•  Mul@tudeofInternships&Fellowshipsacrossdisciplines•  ClinicalServices&Programs:

–  Outpa@entServices–  Inpa@entPsychiatryProgram–  Par@alHospitaliza@onProgram–  Psychiatry&BehavioralHealthConsulta@onService–  CenterforChildhoodResilience•  ResearchAc@vi@es

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Outpa@entServices•  >18,000clinicalvisitsannually•  Diagnos@cEvalua@on•  DevelopmentalEvalua@ons•  NeuropsychologicalTes@ng•  Speech&LanguageEvalua@ons•  SpecialtyServices:

– Mood&AnxietyProgram–  PediatricNeuropsychiatryProgram•  GroupTreatments:

–  Disrup@veBehaviorDisorders–  SocialSkillsGroup– Mood&AnxietyGroups

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Inpa@entPsychiatryUnit•  Children&Adolescents3-17yearsold•  Briefhospitaliza@onwithafocusonevalua@onandstabiliza@on•  Meanlengthofstayis5days•  Mul@disciplinaryteam

•  Components:–  Individual,group,andfamilytherapy–  Recrea@onalandbehavioraltherapy–  Classroominstruc@on– Medica@onevalua@onandmanagement–  ParentEduca@on

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Par@alHospitaliza@onProgram•  Intensive,short-termtreatmentofyouthaged4-to14-years-old•  Mul@disciplinaryteam•  Servesupto12pa@entsata@me•  ProgrammingisMonday–Fridayfrom8:30am–3pm•  Generalistprogram•  ReferralsfromwithinLurieChildren’s(IPU,ED,PBHCS,OPS)andexternalcommunityreferrals•  Requiredcomponents:

–  2familysessionsweekly– Mul@-familygrouponWednesdays2-3:30pm–  Only2unexcusedabsencesallowed–  CanassistwithFMLApaperworkforparents

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HowtoAccessServices2stepprocess:1.  ParentorCaregivercalls1-800-KIDS-DOCand

givesbriefdescrip@onofconcernandrequestedservices

2.  AnintakestaffmemberfromPsychiatrywillcalltheindividualbacktogathermorespecificinforma@onandprovidetheappointmentdateand@me

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Addi@onalResources•  TheDepartmentofChild&AdolescentPsychiatry;hSps://www.luriechildrens.org/en-us/care-services/special@es-services/child-adolescent-psychiatry/Pages/index.aspx

•  Na@onalAllianceonMentalIllness(NAMI);www.nami.org

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Ques@ons?klowry@luriechildrens.org

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