Adolescent Medicine

Child Abuse and Neglect

Community Pediatrics

Critical Care

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Emergency Medicine

General Pediatrics

Health Equity/Social Determinants of Health

Mental Health

Public Health

Quality Improvement/Patient Safety

School and Community Health

Social Media and Technology

Highlighted Theme: Managing the Pediatric Mental Health Crisis

PAS Lab

3450 - AAP/APA Joint Presidential Plenary on Mental Health

Moderator(s)

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  Moira Szilagyi, MD, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  Pediatrics
  UCLA
  Los Angeles, California, United States
• 

  Teri Turner, MD, MPH, M.Ed.

  Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education/Vice Chair of Pediatric Education
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Friendswood, Texas, United States

Please join the presidents of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Pediatric Association in exploring the state of child and youth mental health. This session will feature:

• American Board of Pediatrics President and CEO Judy Schaechter, MD, MBA, FAAP, addressing the pediatric behavioral and mental health crisis through training and practice;
• Cori Green, MD, MSc, FAAP, unveiling the AAP Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention, and
• The George Armstrong Lecture by The Trevor Project, the world's largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people.

Presentations:

• 1:00 PM – 1:05 PM US MT

  Opening Comments
  

  Speaker: Teri L. Turner, MD, MPH, M.Ed. – Baylor College of Medicine

  Speaker: Moira Szilagyi, MD, PhD, FAAP – University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
• 1:05 PM – 1:20 PM US MT

  Addressing the Pediatric B/MH Crisis through Training and Practice
  

  Speaker: Judy L. Schaechter, MD, MBA, FAAP – The American Board of Pediatrics
• 1:20 PM – 1:25 PM US MT

  Q & A
• 1:25 PM – 1:45 PM US MT

  George Armstrong Lecture: The Trevor Project
  

  Speaker: Jonah P. DeChants, PhD, MSSP – The Trevor Project
• 1:45 PM – 1:55 PM US MT

  Q & A
• 1:55 PM – 2:15 PM US MT

  AAP Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention
  

  Speaker: Cori Green, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM US MT

  Q & A