Pediatric Mental Health JOURNEY

Where are YOU on your pediatric mental health journey? If you’ve ever felt nervous when a child’s mental health screen comes back positive, frustrated when straightforward ADHD treatment suddenly becomes complicated, or overwhelmed because you’ve become the “mental health person” in your practice—this episode is for you. In this episode, Dr. Elise Fallucco introduces the 4 phases of the Pediatric Mental Health Champion Journey: Phase 1: Running Scared → Phase 2: Basic Treatment Frustration → Phase 3: Mental Health Overload → Phase 4: Champion Mode. She walks through the signs and challenges of each phase and, most importantly, the practical steps you can take to move forward—from building confidence with ADHD evaluation and treatment, to managing anxiety and more complex comorbidities, to creating systems, boundaries, and workflows that prevent burnout. The goal isn’t to become a child psychiatrist. It’s to become a confident, competent pediatric clinician who can recognize, evaluate, and treat the mental health problems you’re equipped to manage—and know where your boundaries are. Listen to discover which phase you’re in and your next step toward becoming a pediatric mental health champion.