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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
Episode 74- From Script to Swallow- The Process of Prescribing and Taking Medication for Youth
In this Episode of TTDN-Dr. Naidoo shares a bit about the process of prescribing a medication. Too often when families or youth come to a psychiatrist there is an expectation that a medication is a " simple thing." In fact, deciding to write a prescription, the process of obtaining a medciation, and then finally getting the youth to a place to consider taking medciation consistently entail several different systems and processes. Tune in as Dr. Naidoo pulls back the curtian on this role of a psychiatrist, and consider these insights when/if you or someone you love is in the process of considering a medication trial.
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