The Iowa Pediatric Mental Health Collaborative provides training and support to strengthen the capacity of Iowa's primary care workforce to treat children and youth with mild to moderate mental health needs within their medical home.
Resources for Families
Facts for Families - Fact sheets with concise, up-to-date information on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families. Developed by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
National Institute of Mental Health Fact Sheets
Resources for Providers
Guidelines and Clinical Pearls (Anxiety, Depression, and ADHD) - Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP)
Cultural Humility: Essential Foundation for Clinical Researchers - Applied Nursing Research
ADHD
- ADHD Medication Guide - Cohen Children's Medical Center
- ADHD and Learning Disabilities - Joni Bosch, PhD, ARNP
- ADHD Multifaceted Diagnoses and Treatment of Children and Adolescents - Nancy Beyer, MD
Autism
- Autism and Self Injurious Behaviors - Todd Kopelman, PhD and Mary Roberts, BA
Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents, Carlos Castillo, MD
Depression and Anxiety
- Depressive Disorders in Children and Adolescents - Burgundy Johnson, DO
- Childhood Anxiety Disorders - Carissa Gunderson, MD
- Tools in the Treatment of Childhood Anxiety Disorders - Hanna Stevens, MD
- Child Behavior Checklist - Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment
- The Screen for Child Anxiety and Related Disorders (SCARED)
- Depression Management in Children and Adolescents - E. Taylor Buckingham, MD, MPH
- Depression Management in Children and Adolecents and Overview of Suicide Risk Assessment
- Suicide Prevention - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Disruptive Behavior Disorders
- The Rage: Disruptive Behavior Disorders - Deb Bahe, DNP, ARNP
Early Childhood Mental Health
- Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health - Kelly Pelzel, PhD
Intellectual Disability
LGTBQ+ Children and Youth
- Caring for the Mental Health of Iowa's LGBTQ+ Youth - Eric Boyum, MD
- The Genderbread Person - A teaching tool to discuss the concept of gender
- Family Acceptance Project - San Francisco State University
