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Hugh D. Allen, MD; Fredric Burg, MD; Harold Levine, MPA; Barbara Starfield, MD; Larrie W. Greenberg, MD; Terry Stancin, PhD; Norman Christopher, MD; Daniel Coury, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1990;144(12):1329-1333.

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Improvements in the health of children have resulted in changes in the traditional role of the pediatrician. During the past two decades, pediatrics has become increasingly concerned with the social, behavioral, and developmental aspects of children. This new focus for pediatrics has been described as the "new morbidity," and recent studies have indicated that pediatricians are addressing more behavioral and developmental problems in their practices than in years past.¹ However, there is continued concern about the adequacy of training in the area of behavioral pediatrics. In 1978, the Task Force on Pediatric Education noted that residency training in pediatrics needed to emphasize behavioral and developmental issues more clearly.² A follow-up survey failed to demonstrate any uniformity in residency training experiences in the psychosocial aspects of pediatrics.³ Fritz and Bergman⁴ have described how pediatricians' attitudes toward mental health and methods of managing such issues correlate highly with . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Columbus, Ohio; Philadelphia, Pa; Galveston, Tex; Baltimore, Md; Washington, DC

From the Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Metro Health Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio (Drs Stancin and Christopher), and the Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University and Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Coury).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 8, 1990.

Presented in part at the Research Conference on Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents in Primary Care Settings, New Haven, Conn, June 14, 1989, and at the North Coast Regional Conference of the Society of Pediatric Psychology, Detroit, Mich, May 4, 1990.

Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, Metro Health Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 3395 Scranton Rd, H-415, Cleveland, OH 44109 (Dr Stancin).

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