Get girls more iron to beat anxiety | Medical News Bulletin Periods are a source of anxiety for girls-literally! Learn why iron deficiency without anemia could be behind rising rates of anxiety

Texas brain buffs say that low iron stores during puberty could be responsible for increasing anxiety in girls and women. Find out why heavy periods could be changing our brains medicalnewsbulletin.com/iron-menstru... #periods 🩸🧪 Medskies medsky 🩺 🍎📃 #thisispedspsych #pediatricpsychology #pedpsych

Hey #thisispedspsych I started an SPP Affinity Group for Leaders. See your listserve email for info on how to join.

e.g., Chicago is highly linguistically & culturally diverse, with Spanish being the second most commonly spoken language. If you're unsure of the linguistic make up of your city, what an excellent prompt to look that up!

Congrats, to these all stars!!! #ThisIsPedsPsych @the-matters-lab.bsky.social

It will cost LGBTQ+ lives if Trump shuts down 988 suicide hotline. Unforgivable. | Opinion Nearly 40% of LGBTQ+ youth seriously considered suicide last year. If the Trump administration cuts the 988 crisis line, their lives will be at risk.

My favorite #Dr.Tash is a tireless advocate for the mental health of LGBTQ+ youth. Check out her latest OpEd today:

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That is, when it feels like life seemingly goes into overdrive while you're also trying to "establish" yourself--you're not alone! Tips & Tricks at the end, too, which I hope only gets the conversation and resources started...!
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Riding the high of #SPPAC2025, making a starter pack—but am also at the airport and am missing so many! Please chime in for an add! #ThisIsPedsPsych

Wishing I was at #SPPAC25 to congratulate Student Poster Award winner (and CHOP peds psych intern) Rachel Fisher in person! What a ⭐️! #ThisIsPedsPsych

View out an airplane window of blue skies and clouds.

Wheels down in Phoenix for #SPPAC2025! Excited to be in community with my peds psych folks and moderate a session on #transyouth health, present a mentor award to dear friend/mentor @tstancin.bsky.social, and participate in a Hot Topics panel re: what is happening at NIH! #ThisIsPedsPsych

Congrats to the ASM SIG SPPAC 2025 Poster Award Runner Up, Sarah Schellhaas! Sarah's poster is titled "An Examination of Retention Strategies and Communications with Adolescents with Asthma" #ThisIsPedsPsych

Today's #MemberMonday features the other half of our new assessment co-chair duo! Meet Breana!
@breanabryant17.bsky.social
#ThisIsPedsPsych #Adherence #SelfManagement

Happening now! Drs. Williams, Figuero, & @karmacap.bsky.social: Digital health for All: Scaling & Implementing inclusive digital strategies for youth & families. #ThisIsPedsPsych

For our first Blue Sky post, we'd like to introduce the ASM SIG's newest board member, Hailey! #MemberMonday #ThisIsPedsPsych #Adherence

Holiday door decorating contest? The Pediatric Psychologist whispers “I’ve got this…!” #ThisIsPedsPsych #HolidayFeels #InsideOut

Can't wait for the Journal of Pediatric Psychology Special Issue: Improving digital health implementation in pediatric populations, from design to sustainment? Get a preview now by checking out the Introduction from @alexpsihogios.bsky.social & me!

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CHOP GI Psychology (5/9) enjoying the blue skies in FL last month for #NASPGHAN24 and continuing to show up everyday committed to equitable access to biopsychosocial care for pediatric GI conditions #thisispedspsych #pedsGI

To make sure we're continuing towards Justice, ...among other things..., we need to keep reading. Here are two recents of mine. What else do folks recommend? #ThisIsPedsPsych #HealthEquity #DigitalHealth

Can still stand in front of a giant sheet of science: #Implementation of #DigitalHealth in Peds Primary Care (plus Super Grover) #DIScience23 #ThisIsPedsPsych

Calling APA Div. 54/Society of Pediatric Psychology (et al...): Have a great idea for a presentation at APA’s annual convention? We want to hear it and celebrate the dynamic work of Pediatric Psychology! #ThisisPedsPsych
Submit a proposal: at.apa.org/pvn5

@ijr-uic.bsky.social has made it to 🔵🌌! Follow for innovative and inclusive work focusing on the behavioral and mental health of youth and families! #PsychSciSky #ThisIsPedsPsych

Love supporting this guy, especially if it means traveling halfway across the world to present some awesome diabetes research #thisispedspsych #psychsci #academia

"If we do not have conversations about how to lose weight, our adolescents with type 1 #diabetes will find answers on the Internet." Great talk and call to action by Severina Haugvik on screening for, and preventing, eating disorders in youth with T1D #thisispedspsych #psychscience #ispad2023