June 4, 2012
Mayo-Led Group Will Focus on Children’s Mental Health
The Mayo Clinic will lead a new partnership to provide mental health training to doctors. The collaboration is a response to Minnesota’s severe shortage of child mental health experts. There are only 81 child psychiatrists in the state, which means that patients who may need psychotropic medications must often rely on family physicians or pediatricians […]
Tags: Dr. Peter Jensen, mental health, MPR
June 1, 2012
New Guidelines to Curb Childhood Aggression
Childhood aggression is a common, yet complex behavior. New recommendations to aid in the care of youth have been released to primary care providers and mental health specialists. The new recommendations, created by Mayo Clinic researchers in collaboration with other research institutions include improving diagnosis and care and avoiding inappropriate use of medication…Researchers and practitioners […]
Tags: childhood aggression, Dr. Peter Jensen, mental health, Psych Central
May 22, 2012
School Counselors in Short Supply in Minnesota
After two public school students in southeastern Minnesota committed suicide this spring, experts expressed concern about gaps in mental health services in Minnesota schools. On the front lines are school counselors, whose jobs is to help students with problems before a crisis occurs… Helping school counselors intervene earlier when students have problems could be key, […]
Tags: Dr. Peter Jensen, MPR, school counselors, suicide
May 18, 2012
Why Treatment Is Critical for Youth With Mental Illness
Dr. Peter Jensen, a giant in the child psychiatry field, founded and is president and CEO of the New York City-based Resource for Advancing Children’s Health Institute — The REACH Institute. He asked me to join the organization’s board to help support the goal of identifying and adapting the best childhood mental health interventions and […]
Tags: Dr. Peter Jensen, Huffington Post, mental health, Resource for Advancing Children's Health Institute
November 11, 2011
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Tags: American College of Cardiology, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, artificial heart valve, Charlie Rose, David Sheff, Donate Life America, Dr. David Holmes, Dr. Peter Jensen, Dr. Sundeep Khosla, Dr. Terry Schneekloth, Dr. Yuri Saito Loftus, irritable bowel syndrome