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Care Guides and Resources

Care Guides

All Care Guide links are PDFs.

Alaska

2024 Alaska Care Guide

Washington

2024 Washington Care Guide

Wyoming

2024 Wyoming Care Guide

Resources for Families/Recursos Para Las Familias

English

ADHD (PDF)
Anxiety (PDF)
Autism (Alaska) (PDF)
Autism (Washington) (PDF)
Autism (Wyoming) (PDF)
Behavior and Aggression (PDF)
Bipolar (PDF)
Crisis Prevention and Home Safety Recommendations (Alaska) (PDF)
Crisis Prevention and Home Safety Recommendations (Washington) (PDF)
Crisis Prevention and Home Safety Recommendations (Wyoming) (PDF)
Depression (Alaska) (PDF)
Depression (Washington) (PDF)
Depression (Wyoming) (PDF)
Eating Disorders (PDF)
Relaxation Therapy (PDF)
Sleep Hygiene (PDF)
Special Time (PDF)
Substance Use Resources (Alaska) (PDF)
Substance Use Resources (Washington) (PDF)
Substance Use Resources (Wyoming) (PDF)
Time Out (PDF)

Spanish

Rating Scales

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) (PDF)
Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) (PDF)
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) (PDF)
Pediatric Symptoms Checklist -17, General Mental Health Screen (PSC-17) (PDF)
Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) (PDF)
Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) (PDF)
Vanderbilt ADHD Rating Scales (PDF)

Newsletters

Alaska

Washington

Wyoming

Past Presentations

Adolescent substance abuse

Teen Substance Use – Nicholas Weiss, MD (PDF)

Anxiety and depression

Depression Assessment and Treatment in Pediatric Primary Care – William French, MD (PDF)
Antidepressants: Warning and Precautions – James Peacey, MD (PDF)
Pediatric Anxiety Disorders – Maia Robison, MD (PDF)
Psychiatric Management of Child and Adolescent Anxiety – Erin Dillon-Naftolin, MD (PDF)
Treatment Resistant Depression and When is it Bipolar Disorder? - Evan Taniguchi, MD (PDF)
Tools for Treating Child and Teen Anxiety in Primary Care - Nathaniel Jungbluth, PhD (PDF)

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

ADHD in Special Populations – Douglas Russell, MD (PDF)
ADHD Update – Rebecca Barclay MD (PDF)
Emotional Regulation Difficulties (ERD) in Youth: ADHD with ERD/Irritability vs ODD vs. DMDD vs. Bipolar – William French, MD (PDF)
Helping Parents Help Children With ADHD – Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez, PhD (PDF)

Disruptive behavior and aggression

Bipolar and Other Disruptive Mood Disorders – Robert Hilt, MD (PDF)

Hallucinations and psychosis

Use of Psychotropic Medications in ASD: Case Based Approach – David Camenisch, MD (PDF)
Antipsychotic Drug Treatments in Primary Care - James Peacey, MD (PDF)

Perinatal psychiatry

Cannabis Use in the Perinatal Period: What Do We Know? – Nadejda Bespalova, MD, and Kelly Wurzel, MD (PDF)
Perinatal Anxiety, OCD, and PTSD – Deborah Cowley, MD (PDF)
Perinatal Mood Disorders – Ramanpreet Toor, MD, and Carmen Croicu, MD (PDF)
Postpartum Psychosis - Amritha Bhat MD, MPH (PDF)
Psychotropics in Pregnancy and Lactation: Focus on Child Outcomes – Deborah Cowley, MD (PDF)

Primary care

Being solution focused in primary care - Larry Wissow, MD, MPH (PDF)

Suicidality

Managing Suicidality and Aggressive Crises – Robert Hilt, MD (PDF)
Updates in Teen Suicidality – Nicholas Weiss, MD (PDF)

Seattle Children’s complies with applicable federal and other civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude people or treat them differently based on race, color, religion (creed), sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin (ancestry), age, disability, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Financial assistance for medically necessary services is based on family income and hospital resources and is provided to children under age 21 whose primary residence is in Washington, Alaska, Montana or Idaho.