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Thinking It Through with Dr. Naidoo, Child Psychiatrist
When it comes to mental health treatment and your child, there are a ton of tough questions. What IS the diagnosis? Is therapy enough? Should we try medication? Is this a 'real' problem? Listen in as Dr. Shivana Naidoo M.D. , Child Psychiatrist and mother of 2, raises and answers these difficult questions and more. Tune in to hear her thinking it through for you.
Podcasting since 2021 • 125 episodes
Thinking It Through with Dr. Naidoo, Child Psychiatrist
Latest Episodes
Episode #116- How to Handle Your Child's Provider Saying They are "Not a Good Fit"
In this Episode of TTDN- Dr. Naidoo tackles the " Goodness of Fit" of a therapeutic intervention and patient. All treatments come to an end. Sometimes the patients want it first, sometimes the provider wants it first. Always- ...
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Episode #115- Sitting in the Patient's Seat- Reflections on How Doctors Speak to Patients
In this episode of TTDN, Dr. Naidoo switches seats and becomes a patient! She reflects on an interaction she had with her cardiologist and how this shifts her perspective of practice, patients understanding, and goals of education and emp...
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Episode #114- :"I Don't Want You to Drug Up My Kid"- Reflecting on Medication Resistance
In this episodes of TTDN- Dr. Naidoo shares her experience of how she handles parents concern about psychiatric treatment of youth- particularly when they have recently been discharged from an inpatient mental health hospital. Dr. Naidoo ...
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Episode #113- How to Assess Whether SSRIs are Helping Your Child- SUDS Scale
In this Episode of TTDN- Dr. Naidoo helps you think through SSRI medications and how to assess whether it helps your child. LIsten in as Dr. Naidoo discusses a SUDS scale or Subjective Units of Distress Scale and how this can be he...
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Episode #112- Meeting the Need- Nurse Practioners in Mental Health Care with Dr. Stephanie Marks, DNP
In this Episode of TTDN- Dr. Naidoo interviews Dr. Stephanie Marks a DNP, a colleague, an educator, a mother and dear friend. Dr. Marks is a doctorate level psychiatric nurse practitoner who provides exceptional compassionate care in Tusc...
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