Programs for integrating psychiatric and behavioral health care in the primary care setting have proliferated over the past 25 years in the context of a persistent workforce shortage in the field of children’s mental health. Dr. Sarvet will explore the landscape of these programs and consider how program models have evolved to improve engagement and performance of the programs in the context of unique community resource limitations and the recognition of the needs of special populations. Recommendations for further development of this field will be considered in the context of ongoing challenges and opportunities.

Dr. Hong will discuss how the Autism Diagnostic Observational Schedule (ADOS) system has been developed since the 1980s. Dr. Hong will discuss the structure of ADOD-2, including its modules, coding system, algorithm scoring system, classification, and severity. Dr. Hong will address a comprehensive review of the ADOS-2 studies in the literature and its current evidence of diagnostic accuracy.

This presentation was originally reviewed on July 10, 2025, and live streamed online on July 16, 2025, from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET.

This presentation was originally reviewed on June 29, 2025, and live streamed online on July 2, 2025, from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET.

The United States was once a country with a large white majority population and a small black minority with impenetrable color lines. Currently 1 in 40 persons identifies himself or herself as multiracial and this number could increase to 1 in 5 by the year 2050. In the beginning of the twentieth century intermarriage between whites and other groups was very rare, but intermarriage for all racial groups has increased dramatically over the past 35 years and will probably continue to rise. The attendee will be able to learn how the race of the immigrant plays an important role in the process of acculturation to the host country and acts as an important variable in the immigrant experience. This knowledge will help the clinician provide better understanding and more efficient treatment to immigrant patients

Inpatient psychiatric units constitute the highest level of care available in the behavioral health system and serve a pivotal role in addressing acute mental health needs of children and adolescents facing severe psychiatric illnesses or safety concerns. The inpatient psychiatric unit is a particularly difficult environment in which to deliver psychological interventions. Young patients meeting criteria for admission are often exhibiting extreme emotional distress, impulsive and self-harming behaviors, aggression, and/or impairment in concentration and attention. Combined with short lengths of stay, these clinical and behavioral presentations make it difficult to deliver effective evidence-based psychological interventions. This presentation will focus on discussing effective, time-limited, evidence-based interventions with children and adolescents on inpatient psychiatric units. With particular emphasis on developing feasible hospital treatment goals, implementing behavioral interventions, empirically informed group therapy, and crisis-focused individual/ family interventions.

In Dr. Wortzel's talk, attendees will learn how climate change poses significant mental health risks across all age groups, with particularly severe impacts on young people, elderly individuals, and marginalized communities. Rising temperatures directly increase rates of violence, suicide, and psychiatric hospitalizations, while people with existing psychiatric conditions face heightened vulnerability due to medication-related thermoregulatory difficulties. Beyond temperature effects, environmental changes contribute to mental health problems through air pollution, disease vector expansion, reduced crop nutrients, and both acute and chronic disaster trauma and existential "climate distress" characterized by anxiety and grief about environmental degradation. Addressing these challenges requires comprehensive therapeutic approaches including patient education, disaster psychiatry training for mental health providers, and development of interventions, which will be summarized in this talk.

This presentation was originally reviewed on June 4, 2025, and live streamed online on June 10, 2025, from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm ET.

This presentation was originally reviewed on May 21, 2025, and live streamed online on May 22, 2025, from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET.

This presentation was originally reviewed on May 12, 2025, and live streamed online on May 14, 2025, from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET.