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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.
Thinking It Through with Dr. Naidoo, Child Psychiatrist
Latest Episodes
Episode #136- Levels of Care - How to Advocate for Your Child in an ER
In this Episode of TTDN- Dr. Naidoo walks you through the steps of an assessment in an Emergency Room for a psychiatric concern. She shares tips on how to help advocate for your needs, and your child's needs, and how to be helpful to ensu...
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Episode #135- Levels of Care- Goals of ER, Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization, Outpatient Clinic
In this Episode of TTDN- Dr. Naidoo discusses 3 basic levels of care in the Mental Health System- which include the Emergency Room, Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital and Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic. Often times the goal of the Level of car...
Episode# 134- Levels of Care- Myths and Magical Thinking about Mental Health Care
In this Episode of TTDN- Dr. Naidoo introduces her focus for the month of May - which is Mental Health Awareness Month- to talk about discussing different levels of care. She discusses what often happens when parents ask for different lev...
Episode# 133- Filled to the Brim- How to Handle Overwhelm
In this Episode of TTDN- Dr. Naidoo shares an analogy between over filling her cup holder with pens to handling overwhelm in life. Listen in as she shares some tips on how to manage life when there is way too much in your cup.
Episode #132- Perfect Timing- Knowing When vs Knowing What
In this episode of TTDN- Dr. Naidoo shares a situation from her own life to help us consider the timing of action. Often times we Know Better- but it is the action of Doing Better that is sometimes harder. When do we test something ...