The New England Council of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Co-Chairs:  Sharon Weinstein, MD, Elizabeth Pinsky, MD, Dee Shaligram, MD

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CLIMATE CHANGE & YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH:  WHERE WE ARE & AND WHAT WE CAN DO

Saturday, September 7, 2024 via Zoom

8:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Climate change is impacting the physical and mental health of every young person in every corner of the world – including here in Massachusetts. As the crisis deepens, climate change will have mounting consequences for child psychiatrists, the youth and family we serve, and the practice of child psychiatry. Join us to learn about the traumatic, neuropsychiatric, and psychological effects of climate change, about the importance of centering equity and climate justice, and about what we, as child psychiatrists, can do to mitigate the crisis and to bolster resilience in our systems and our patients.

 

Faculty and topics:

Part One: The Problem

James McKowen, Ph.D.-Overview of climate and child/youth mental health

Dee Shaligram, MD-Equity and climate justice

Josh Wortzel,MD- Neuropsychiatric effects and medical considerations

Part Two: What We Can Do

Katherine Koh, MD- Disaster Preparedness

Elizabeth Pinsky, MD- Advocacy and Activism

Josh Wortzel, MD; Sandra DeJong, MD: Jeremy Wortzel, MD-PANEL: operations, education, research