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Mental Health and Obesity in Pediatric Primary Care
A Gap Between Importance and Action
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158:826-828.
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For each of the last 2 years, the editors and editorial board members of the ARCHIVES, as a group, have selected a topic for a special issue of the journal. Each person in the group was encouraged to nominate topics important to our readers, particularly those delivering primary care. Each of us then scored all the nominated topics, and the issue for that year was devoted to the topic receiving the highest score—obesity in August 2003 and this current issue on mental health.
Despite the diversity and quality of the research contained in these 2 issues, what can pediatric primary care providers find in them that will alter their practice? There is less than one might hope. This reveals a striking gap, for both obesity and mental health conditions, between their importance as pediatric health problems and the extent to which current research leads to any recommended actions in clinical . . . [Full Text of this Article] CHRONIC BRAIN-BASED CONDITIONS
SOCIAL CONTEXT COUNTS
SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING DIALOGUE WITH FAMILIES
Robert C. Whitaker, MD, MPH
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