Small Talk by Contemporary Pediatrics

Candice Jones talks about pediatric mental health and its association with social media. 

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The news is full of stories about monkeypox, the recent changes to COVID-19 guidance, and the return of polio cases. What do clinicians need to know?

Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with its editor-in-chief, Tina Q. Tan, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS, to discuss the what families can do to prevent polio, the most current information on monkeypox in pediatrics, and the new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on COVID-19.

Having "the talk" as a teenager is a time-honored tradition. Many experience it with their parents, but a visit with a pediatric clinician is an ideal time to ensure that a teenager knows the correct information, has the opportunity to make certain contraceptive choices, and instill the knowledge that the pediatric office is a safe place to come for help.

in this episode Dr. Helen Wang, an assistant clinical professor at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine facilitates a discussion about adolescent patients and having “the talk” with her colleagues: Dr. Kanani Titchen, an assistant clinical professor of adolescent and young adult medicine also of the UCSD School of Medicine and Dr. Samantha V. Hill an Adolescent Medicine Physician at the University of Alabama at Birmingham .

The Contemporary Pediatrics editorial advisory board is key to ensuring that the magazine is providing the practical clinical guidance the pediatric provider needs to offer the best care possible. The series "Meet the Board" offers a chance to get to know the people who help shape the magazine.

For our next episode in the series, we sat down with one of our newest members: Vivian P. Hernandez-Trujillo, MD, FAAP, FAAAAI, FACAAI, who is a board-certified allergist/ immunologist and clinical professor at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine; director of the Division of Allergy & Immunology and Fellowship Training Program director at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital; and founder of the Allergy and Immunology Care Center of South Florida in Miami, Florida.

The Contemporary Pediatrics editorial advisory board is key to ensuring that the magazine is providing the practical clinical guidance the pediatric provider needs to offer the best care possible. The series "Meet the Board" offers a chance to get to know the people who help shape the magazine.

For our next episode in the series, we sat down with one of our newest members: Jessica L. Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP, FAAN, who is a pediatric nurse practitioner as well as a clinical professor at Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas, Texas.

In the first 2 episodes of this series Dr. Erin Harrop discussed what can lead to a delayed or even missed diagnosis of atypical anorexia in patients, the necessity of understanding that eating disorders do not all look the same in every patient, and how a multidisciplinary approach could be an effective way to diagnose and manage anorexia nervosa that is atypical.

In the final episode of the series, she discusses how fat bias in the healthcare setting can impact diagnosis and the pushback that can happen when diagnosing.

In the first episode of this series Dr. Erin Harrop discussed how declaring an obesity epidemic and fat bias, both societal and within medicine, may lead to the delayed or even missed diagnosis of atypical anorexia in patients.

In this second episode of the series, she discusses the necessity of understanding that eating disorders do not all look the same in every patient and how a multidisciplinary approach could be an effective way to diagnose and manage anorexia nervosa that is atypical.

The Contemporary Pediatrics editorial advisory board is key to ensuring that the magazine is providing the practical clinical guidance the pediatric provider needs to offer the best care possible. The series "Meet the Board" offers a chance to get to know the people who help shape the magazine.

For our next episode in the series, we sat down with Michael S. Jellinek, MD, who is a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

When thinking about anorexia nervosa, it's likely that you'll picture a very thin adolescent girl staring at a scale or maybe a plate with only a small amount of food. This image does describe some suffering from the disease, but it can happen to anyone, even people who are considered overweight, which can make diagnosis difficult.

Welcome to the first episode in a series where Contemporary Pediatrics sat down with Dr. Erin Harrop, an assistant professor at University of Denver in Colorado and a licensed medical social worker to talk about atypical anorexia, which is when a patient with anorexia has a BMI that is more than mildly severe low body weight. In this episode, Dr. Harrop discusses diagnosing atypical anorexia; how the declaration of the obesity epidemic and fat bias can make diagnosis difficult; and how the resolutions of the New Year can be a tricky time.