June Mental Health Roundup

Read about the latest updates in Seattle Children’s mental and behavioral health services.

• Seattle Children’s is seeing very high numbers of pediatric patients with mental and behavioral health emergencies who require care in our Emergency Department and/or psychiatry inpatient unit. Learn more about Seattle Children’s Mental Health ED Patient Surge.
• Seattle Children’s supports the life-saving care provided by its Gender Clinic. Please find some resources below to support conversations you may have with your patients or their families to help them feel seen and valued.
  • Gender Clinic Education and Resources
  • Continuing medical education via Gender Clinic's Cardea modules
  • See First Approach Skills Training (FAST) programs and LGBTQ+ Mental Health (English) and Spanish
  • Gender Clinic Patient and Family Education
  • Pride and Mental Health
• Yolanda Evans, Seattle Children’s head of the Division of Adolescent Medicine, recommends that parents regularly ask their child about their mental health. Here’s an article on mental health check-ins that you may be interested in sharing with families.
• School avoidance has become an increasingly common issue, says Seattle Children’s counselor Susan Sidman, LMHC, who leads a parenting skills group on the topic. Share this ParentMap article with your patient families who are struggling to get their child to go to school.