JOIN US and learn from technical and scientific experts and brainstorm app-based approaches to address #healthequity! #research #hackathon Fri, Sept 16, 12-4pm, Children's National Research and Innovation Campus. Learn more & register: bit.ly/3Jd0uxY

For teenagers at risk for self-harm and suicide, health experts increasingly support dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, an intensive treatment that helps people surmount moments of crisis and understand what prompted behaviors in the first place. nyti.ms/3RgGspb

Happy Halloween from our littlest patients! Aren’t our NICU babies fa-BOO-ulous? 👻

Children and teens with ADHD may lose friends because of deficits in social executive function skills – the underlying processes that are involved in social skills ranging from perspective-taking to reciprocity and cognitive flexibility. additudemag.com/social-skills-…

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For the first time since the pandemic began, our entire Children's National Hospital 🏥 #cnhpsychology division was able to get together in person for a workshop and holiday social. It was good to see everyone and be reminded of how robust our psychology division is!

The babies in our #NICU are celebrating their first #ValentinesDay & the sweetness factor is off the charts. Our staff is always looking for ways to make holidays special for our families. #GROWUPSTRONGER #HeartMonth #HeartsAtChildrens #CHDAwareness ❤️childrensnational.org/departments/ne…

Great news! The Children’s National Board of Directors has selected our next president & CEO. Michelle Riley-Brown, MHA, FACHE, is an accomplished executive with over 20 years of experience leading and supporting children’s healthcare. childrensnational.org/news-and-event…

“The hearts were beating together in synchrony,” Michelle Riley-Brown tells Good Morning America. “And so that was an unknown- were the hearts joined or were they separate?” See where life has taken these formally conjoined twins nearly 20 years later. goodmorningamerica.com/family/video/c…

NYU McSilver’s Andrew Cleek engages NYC Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan MD, PhD to discuss the intersections of mental health, public health, and policy; Dr. Damali Wilson speaks with Dr. Erin M. Sadler about mental health in the crucial period before and after childbirth...

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Thank you for the chance to chat! NYU McSilver Institute

Excited to dig in! Congrats Dr. Isha Metzger

Join us today, 8/29 at 12pm ET for Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance (MMHLA)’s Birth Trauma & Maternal Mental Health Webinar. We will provide the latest research, clinical perspectives, & resources. To register visit: mmhla.org/birth-trauma-w… [mmhla.org].

Parents cautioned against giving kids melatonin long-term to help with sleep… wtop.com/health-fitness…

An exciting and productive Children's National Hospital 🏥 and American Psychological Association #MentalHealthAdvocacy Day! We had a great time talking to the staff of Senator Tim Kaine Bernie Sanders and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on why Youth #MentalHealthMatters

Another very successful Children's National Hospital 🏥 Residents on the Hill day! We had a great time talking to several House and Senate offices about food insecurity and the importance of WIC, SNAP, and school meal plan funding. #healthadvocacy #foodinsecurity #growupstronger Child Health Advocacy