Child in Mind

Promoting Health and Wellbeing of Children and Families Through Relationship Based Interventions

Friday, November 27, 2015

A Thanksgiving Tale of Loss, Love, and the Joy of Reconnection

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(I have been fully absorbed in the editing of my soon-to-be released book The Silenced Child so have had less time for my blog. I hope read...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

Does the DSM System Perpetuate the Stigma of Mental Illness?

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In a recent conversation with a group of pediatrician colleagues, we bemoaned the lack of access to good therapy for our child patients and...
Saturday, October 3, 2015

Can Mental Health Care be Freed From the Medical Model of Disease?

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I recently ran in to a colleague, an experienced psychotherapist, who marveled at my ability to "get out from under the medical model ...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Screening for Mental Health Disorders: A Double Edged Sword?

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Recent calls for screening for a range of mental health problems point to an important recognition of the need to identify and address em...
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Monday, August 24, 2015

Autism, Anxiety, or Neither: A Tale of Two Boys

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The subject of autism is so highly fraught, a well-respected child development researcher told me,  that she might need to be the only one ...
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Claudia M. Gold, MD
I am a pediatrician and writer with a long-standing interest in addressing children’s mental health needs in a preventive model. I have practiced general and behavioral pediatrics for over 20 years, and currently specialize in early childhood mental health. I am the author of The Developmental Science of Early Childhood:Clinical Applications of Infant Mental Health Concepts from Infancy Through Adolescence" ( 2017)"The Silenced Child:From Labels, Medications, and Quick Fix Solutions to Listening, Growth, and Lifelong Resilience" ( 2016) "Keeping Your Child in Mind: Overcoming Tantrums, Defiance, and other Everyday Problems by Seeing the World Through Your Child's Eyes"(2011) " I am on the faculty of UMass Boston Infant-Parent Mental Health Program, William James College, the Brazelton Institute, and the Austen Riggs Center.
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