PAS SIG Behavioral/Mental Health

Saturday, April 26, 2025

1:00pm – 2:30pm HST

Location: Convention Center: 321

CE: 1.5

SIG Chair(s)

Laura Shipley, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Golisano Children's Hospital at The University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, United States
MS

Michael Scharf, MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics Psychiatrist-in-Chief
Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York, United States

Disclosure(s):

Laura Shipley, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Michael A. Scharf, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

This is the third annual PAS Behavioral/Mental Health SIG. Whether you are actively working to address mental health crises or wanting to work more effectively in your current practice with youth and families who are in crisis, this session will provide ideas, resources, and connections, and is applicable to pediatricians in primary care, specialty care, academic medical centers, urban, and rural communities. We will start with an update from current participants in the SIG followed by targeted presentations and discussions around effectively working with youth and families in crisis. We will then move to an open discussion around current hot topics in mental health as identified by participants. Based on topics identified, we will move to smaller breakout groups which will have time for discussion and then report back to the larger group. Anticipated topics include effective collaboration with schools and school-based services, models of integration and collaborative care, perinatal/infant mental health, and trauma informed care.
An interprofessional audience is welcomed with attendees from academic and primary care pediatrics/adolescent medicine, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, psychiatry and behavioral health, education and community-based organizations.

Learning Objectives:

identify crisis resources available in practice and community
describe one model of youth mental health crisis intervention
describe current hot topics in pediatric behavioral/mental health

Presentations:

1:00pm – 1:20pm HST

Welcome, Introductory Comments, and SIG Updates
SIG Speaker: Laura Shipley, MD (she/her/hers) – Golisano Children's Hospital at The University of Rochester Medical Center
1:20pm – 1:50pm HST

Supporting Youth and Families in Crisis
SIG Speaker: Michael A. Scharf, MD – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
1:50pm – 2:00pm HST

Current Hot Topics
SIG Speaker: Allison Stiles, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
2:00pm – 2:30pm HST

Facilitated Hot Topics Breakout Groups and Large Group Discussion/report Out
SIG Speaker: Jeff M. Kaczorowski, MD FAAP (he/him/his) – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry