For Mental Health Awareness Month- Dr. Naidoo focuses on how to help parents become more AWARE of changes that they may observe in their child and how they can commnunicate this change with a professional. Dr. Naidoo introduces the acronym F.I.N.D. to help parents and patients remember what to look for and what professionals listen for when trying to assist in assessment and treatment of mental health concern. .

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In This Episode of Thinking It Through with Dr. Naidoo- Child Psychiatrist- Podcaster, Advocate , Author and Child Psychiatrist Dr. Fink shares her expertise on Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. Dr. Fink has written 2 books on Bipolar Disorder and treated various forms of Bipolar in her Practice. As the parent of a child with Bipolar Disorder, she also has a unique perspective on how to raise a Bipolar Child- which she shares about in the book "The Ups and Downs of Raising a Bipolar Child". For Mental Health Awarenes Month- please listen into this special episode to learn more about Bipolar Disorder, differential diagnoses and how to help your child if they struggle with symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.

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Throughout the Month of May - which is Mental Health Awareness Month- Dr. Naidoo will share tips from her decades of experience working with youth and their parents to help build awarenss for youth mental health concerns, and suicide prevention in youth. In this Episode of Thinking It Through with Dr. Naidoo- Child Psychiatrist, Dr. Naidoo shares signs of depression in youth that parents often miss. Listen in and keep a look out for your own child or loved one.

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In this Episode of Thinking It Through with Dr. Naidoo- Dr. Naidoo speaks with a pioneer in Adolescent Addiction Medicine- Dr. Deepa Camenga,MD! Dr. Camenga is a pediatrician, board certified in general pediatrics as well as in addiction medicine. She is also physician scientist and associate professor at Yale University, where she also serves as the Associate Director for Pediatric Programs for the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine. Dr. Camenga's unique experiences with blending both research and clinical work help her give us some important insights on the current trends in substance use amoung America's youth. Listen in as she speaks about Nicotine, Vape and MJ and how to help your child if you are concerned that they may be using subtances.

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Episode 38- In this episode of Thinking It Through with Dr. Naidoo- Child Psychiatrist, Dr. Naidoo reflects on the term " Lunatics." This term- derived from the moon- has been used long before the term psychiatry was penned to describe people who were thought to be influenced by the moon and its phases. Given the recent coverage of theTotal Solar Eclipse as it has made its way across America, Dr. Naidoo reflects on this term and how parents can learn to observe for phases in their child vs the unique emotional manifestation.

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In this Episode of Thinking It Through with Dr. Naidoo- Child Psychiatrist, Dr. Naidoo reflects on times where she has ignored the signs and symptoms of stress. She discusses how the body can send signals to remind us of when stress levels may be on the rise and how to address them. She discusses somatic symptoms can be explored and addressed if they come up for you or your child.

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In this Episode of Thinking It Through with Dr. Naidoo-Child Psychiatrist, Dr. Naidoo speaks about how creating opportunities for parent- child activities where there is indirect or parallel participation, can actually build opportunities for children to want to directly connect to their parents and guardians. Dr. Naidoo remind's us that these opportunities can open up a window of connection that is valuable for both parents- to feel the love of their children and for kids to express their love and enjoy spending time with their parents again.

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In this Epsiode of Thinking It Through with Dr. Naidoo- Child Psychiatrist, she shares how sprouting seeds are an analogy to therapy and changes that can come from therapy. Change can be cultivated with the right conditions- patience, love and gentle persistence.

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For More information about Dr. Shivana Naidoo, MD, please visit www.DoBetterMD.com