Montana AAP: Annual Pediatric Roundup Conference - September 25th-27th in HELENA

Montana Chapter of the AAP

Healthy Mental Development

AAP has adopted the Healthy Mental Development framework to shift the way we think and talk about mental health: mental health is not only a diagnosis or an illness to be treated. Rather, healthy mental development is a lifelong process impacted by biology, relationships, and environment. Strong relationships between children and caregivers can promote positive mental outcomes and buffer the impacts of adversity and trauma.

Pediatricians are well-positioned to support the healthy mental and emotional development of children and families in practice. 

Learn more by reading the AAP clinical report at the button below. 

Framework for Approaching Healthy Mental and Emotional Development in Pediatrics.

What is Healthy Mental Development?

Healthy mental development is the developmental process of building social, emotional, and behavioral wellness across the lifespan and inclusive of the full spectrum of care.

Promotion of mental and emotional wellness.

Prevention efforts (including clinical preventive services and broader efforts to address the environmental factors that impact healthy mental development)

Early identification and intervention for mental health symptoms and conditions.

Treatment, referral and management/co-management of mental health symptoms and conditions.

Physician Mental Health Resources

Immediate Support

Physician support Line 

Free, confidential, anonymous psychiatric support for physicians and medical students

1-888-409-0141

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The Emotional PPE Project

Nonprofit that connects healthcare workers with free counseling resources
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Micro-wellness & Apps

Insight Timer

The world’s largest free audio library for everyday wellbeing

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Headspace

Headspace’s mission is to provide every person access to lifelong mental health support.

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Calm

Mindfulness, meditation and guided programs to build healthy habits for a calmer mind and a more fulfilling life.

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Programs

UMass Memorial Medical Center

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

8 week program designed to teach participants how mindfulness and meditation can be part of your life and benefit your well-being. MBSR can help you improve stress, develop skills to respond to difficulties with greater awareness instead of automaticity, live life with greater calm, and maintain a meditation practice.

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Brown University

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

8 week program designed to teach participants how mindfulness and meditation can be part of your life and benefit your well-being. MBSR can help you improve stress, develop skills to respond to difficulties with greater awareness instead of automaticity, live life with greater calm, and maintain a meditation practice.

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Podcasts

Strong is Mindset Podcast Carrie Holland, MD

Prioritize your Mental Health: A Conversation with Dr. Michelle Chestovich

Conversation between physician coaches about mental health, stress reduction, and burnout among high-achieving women in the wake of losing a physician colleague to suicide. They offer practical strategies for self-care and practical steps to take when you are struggling.

 

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Pediatric Practice

Emotional PPE

AAP Physician Wellbeing Resources

Find support materials on topics such as peer support, workforce trends, CME courses, social media protection, and AI’s impact in medicine.

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Advocacy Links

ALL IN Wellbeing First for Healthcare

Dr. Lorna Breen Heroe’s Foundation

Organization advocates for mental health care and support for health care workers
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